George Eliot Quotes
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
George Eliot
Quotes to Explore
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I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression. Now, as long as a woman chooses to wear the veil, because that's her belief and because of her own - that's a personal relationship with God, so she should be free to dress in whichever way she wants.
Queen Rania of Jordan
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Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia caeli:Sedibus aetheriis spiritus ille venit.
Ovid
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The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally.
Gary Gygax
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Back then it was a very realistic thing for me. My own thing was, you know, wake up at 5 in the afternoon, it's dark out, hang out, maybe take a shower, then start drinking, start smoking pot, go out with friends, get wasted.
Jack Osbourne
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Ignorant power is a bane!
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Paris is a beautiful city.
Bubba Watson
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I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter. I stole, by finding, Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury.' These two books, and the 'Everyman' edition of John Keats, were my proudest and dearest possessions, my greatest wealth.
Peter Abrahams
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Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will.
Ha-Joon Chang
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Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is life itself.
Randall Jarrell
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I focused on my career. I grew up super Christian, both my parents are ministers, so I did a purity ceremony when I was a teenager.
Jessica Williams
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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
George Eliot