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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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Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning.
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Well, I aren't like a bird-clapper, forced to make a rattle when the wind blows on me. I can keep my own counsel when there's no good i' speaking.
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