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

Other quotes by George Eliot

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. – George Eliot

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Self-Discovery
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Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot

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Stubbornness
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To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. – George Eliot

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Diplomacy
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. – Edward Young

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Wisdom

Every speaker has a mouth An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes its filled with wisdom. Sometimes its filled with feet. – Robert Orben

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Wisdom

Wisdom begins at the end. – Daniel Webster

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Wisdom

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. – Wade Davis

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Wisdom

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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. – Og Mandino

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Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there. – Clare Boothe Luce

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I played sports in high school and in college. – Jon Bernthal

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A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. – Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave

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Psychology