Quote by George Eliot
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

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Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

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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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To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. – Helen Keller

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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? – Herman Melville

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The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber

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What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. – Werner Heisenberg

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One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, “Have a nice day.” – Peter Brodie

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