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Quote by George Eliot
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petr

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – 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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George Eliot
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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. – George Eliot

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

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Nature
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I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. – John le Carre

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Experience

Im not a romantic. In life I didnt have much experience with romance. – Ang Lee

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Experience

Id like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever. – Maurice Sendak

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Experience

There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isnt always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. Its your experience and your observation. – Robert Carlyle

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Experience

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I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt. – Scotty Bowman

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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. – Tecumseh

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Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and Ill show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things. – Lawrence D. Bell

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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. – Xun Zi

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