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Quote by George Eliot
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot

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best
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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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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when theyre gone. – George Eliot

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Angels
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Other Quotes from
Privacy
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Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. – Lewis Mumford

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Privacy

May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best — out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters. – May Sarton

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Privacy

The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable. – Anon.

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Privacy

Isnt privacy about keeping taboos in their place? – Kate Millet

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Privacy

Random Quotes

Tis not in mortals to command success, but well do more, Sempronius, well deserve it. – Joseph Addison

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Worth

To be amused by what you read — that is the great spring of happy quotations. – C.E. Montague (1867–1928), “Quotation”

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Quotations

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? – Paul Sweeney

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Laziness

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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God