Quote by George Eliot
There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of la

There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness. – 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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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. – George Eliot

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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. – George Eliot

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Therere two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave. – Nikki Giovanni

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To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs — a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days. – Edward Hoagland

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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil. – Edmund Burke

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Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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For me, Id rather have an intense experience than not. – Joaquin Phoenix

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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. – Lin Yutang

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All good art is an indiscretion. – Tennessee Williams

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Life lesson from the nursery: Broken crayons can still color. – Author unknown