#gr

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. ↗

— George Eliot

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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. ↗

— George Eliot

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Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking. ↗

— George Eliot

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As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you. ↗

— John Fahey

#else #errors #everybody #everybody else #everyday

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. ↗

— George Eliot

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Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. ↗

— Boethius

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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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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. ↗

— Epicurus

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The camera can photograph thought. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

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