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Quote by George Eliot
A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must

A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. – George Eliot

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Patronize, Patronizing
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George Eliot
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot

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Fight, Fighting
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George Eliot
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Happiness
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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. – Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Happiness

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. – Lydia M. Child

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Happiness

I think the key to life is just being a happy person, and happiness will bring you success. – Diego Val

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Happiness

So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry. – DJ Jazzy Jeff

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Happiness

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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior? – Camille Paglia

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I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my fathers respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things. – James Cameron

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The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Truth

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as mens judgments of one another. – Desiderius Erasmus

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Men