Quote by George Eliot
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. – George Eliot

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Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Eliot

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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions. – George Eliot

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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness. – Michael Jackson

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One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, whats more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. – Aldous Huxley

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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. – John F. Kennedy

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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. – Thomas Huxley

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A great way to learn about your country is to leave it. – Henry Rollins

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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. – Ansel Adams

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A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt. – George Herbert

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