Quote by George Eliot
We must not inquire too curiously into motives... They are apt to

We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. – George Eliot

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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot

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great
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It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because ones own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care. – George Eliot

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Curiosity
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Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand. – Bible

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. – Albert Einstein

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Curiosity

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. – Clarence Day

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If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. – Rachel Carson

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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. – Hilaire Belloc

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When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? – Chuck Palahniuk

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Leaders grasp nettles. – David Ogilvy

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