George Eliot Quotes

As to people saying a few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more than the old church steeple minds the rooks cawing about it.

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• Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.

  

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• As to people saying a few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more than the old church steeple minds the rooks cawing about it.

  

  George Eliot
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