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Instead Quotes by George Eliot
- Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: - in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.
- It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking…
- When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she clarifies that God's…
- Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And…
- Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.
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- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
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- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
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