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Quote by George Eliot
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. - Ge

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot

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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us. – George Eliot

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Infatuation
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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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History
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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. – James A. Garfield

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Wisdom outweighs any wealth. – Sophocles

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The greatest wisdom is to realize ones lack of it. – Constantin Stanislavski

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections. – Peace Pilgrim

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I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months. – Matthew Perry

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