Quote by George Eliot
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Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. – George Eliot

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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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Vanity
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His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. – George Eliot

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Events in the past may roughly be divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. – W.R. Inge, Assessments and Anticipations

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History

For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. – Harry Browne

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History

History is past politics, and politics present history. – John Robert Seeley, The Growth of British Policy

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History

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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History

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear. – Bertrand Russell

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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. – Chinese Proverb

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Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week. – Temple Grandin

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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. – Xun Zi

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Humor