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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
— George Eliot Daniel Deronda
Tags: wisdom, knowledge, ignorance

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What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
— George Eliot
Tags: inspirational
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
— George Eliot
Tags: tolerance, those, who, responsibility, vision
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
— George Eliot
Tags: principle, human, choice, growth
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
— George Eliot
Tags: choice, action, memory, god
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
— George Eliot
Tags: repent, tenderness, our, never, death
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