In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider, it is hard to find rules without exception.

George Eliot
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  1. Rules are for people with the luxury of time. - Renee Carlino

  2. This was about more than semantics; it represented a dangerous shift in perspective. Rio was not at war, I pointed out; and even if it were, wars have rules. - Juliana Barbassa

  3. Rules are for those who can't think of a better way. - Catherynne M. Valente

  4. If the rules make such a difference, then it becomes very important who gets to make them. - Abhijit V. Banerjee

  5. You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court. - Anonymous

More Quotes By George Eliot
  1. I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and...

  2. What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each...

  3. Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her...

  4. Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

  5. Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

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