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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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. – George Eliot

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But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot

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