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7190 quotesHuman beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.
Belief
George Eliot
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I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.
The future
George Eliot
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I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.
Conceit
George Eliot
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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
Quarrels
George Eliot
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Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
Change
George Eliot
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
Marriage
George Eliot
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Might, could, would --they are contemptible auxiliaries.
Language
George Eliot
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
Giving
George Eliot
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People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
Wit
George Eliot
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The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
Conscience
George Eliot
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The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
Professions and Professionals
George Eliot
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The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.
Conquest
George Eliot
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Perfection
George Eliot
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The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
Purpose
George Eliot
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The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
Failure
George Eliot
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There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
Privacy
George Eliot
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There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
Pride
George Eliot
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
Failure
George Eliot
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You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.
Eloquence
George Eliot
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Art never improves, but the material of art is never quite the same.
Arts and Artists
T. S. Eliot
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Birth, copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to the brass tacks.
Life and Living
T. S. Eliot
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For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.
Words
T. S. Eliot
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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
Rebellion
T. S. Eliot
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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
Pride
T. S. Eliot
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Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.
Past
T. S. Eliot
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun