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Quote by George Eliot
Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will n

Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? – George Eliot

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Sympathetic people often dont communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own depths. – George Eliot

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We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

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a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat – Don Marquis

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Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant; and if it can be baked in a cake and palmed off on the unwary, it dies happy. – Mark Twain

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Some primal termite knocked on wood;
and tasted it, and found it good.
That is why your Cousin May
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People who get through life dependent on other peoples possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. – Ben Elton

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