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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

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Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? – George Eliot

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Experience
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George Eliot
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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. – George Eliot

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Obscurity
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A sense of curiosity is natures original school of education. – Smiley Blanton

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Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. – Francis Beaumont

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We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because were curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – Walt Disney

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Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance? – Frank Moore Colby

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