Quote by George Eliot
Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of c

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines the consequences it believes in. – George Eliot

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For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities –a willing movement of a mans soul with the larger sweep of the worlds forces –a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life. – George Eliot

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It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness — calling their denial knowledge. – George Eliot

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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes. – Lawson Purdy

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It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. – Sir Josiah Stamp

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There are no rewards or punishments — only consequences. – W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman. – Author Unknown

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My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You cant come in closer with the 35 mm. – Annie Leibovitz

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environmental

Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case. – Henry David Thoreau

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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. – Gandhi

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