Quote by George Eliot
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have nume

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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Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? – George Eliot

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All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. – George Eliot

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Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. – Denis Waitley

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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of ones identity as a being of worth and dignity. – Rollo May

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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. – Immanuel Kant

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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it. – Jackie Kennedy

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The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have. – Jos

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Secrecy is the badge of fraud. – Sir John Chadwick

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The social business marketplace is effectively forcing brands to engage with consumers on the basis of something that is meaningful to them. More often than not, this takes the form of some core value that finds expression in a non-profit cause. – Simon Mainwaring

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