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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. ↗

— George Eliot

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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ↗

— George Eliot

#declared #election #foxes #interest #lives

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to. ↗

— William Glasser

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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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Humankind cannot bear very much reality. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#cannot #humankind #much #reality #very

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#darkness #light #shall #stillness

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception. ↗

— Elizabeth I

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