Quote by George Eliot
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves. – George Eliot

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When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. – George Eliot

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To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. – George Eliot

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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. – Wayne Dyer

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I stood among them, but not of them; in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. – William Hazlitt

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