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Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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Mary Anne Evans
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Thought Has joys apart, even in blackest woe, And seizing some fine thread of verity Knows momentary godhead.
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But how little we know what would make paradise for our neighbours! We judge from our own desires, and our neighbours themselves are not always open enough even to throw out a hint of theirs.
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