Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Differences in humor can challenge personal bonds and connections.
George Eliot suggests that when individuals have differing senses of humor, it can create tension and strain in their relationships. Humor is often a key component in social interactions, and misalignment in what one finds funny compared to another can lead to misunderstandings and emotional distance.
Themes
HumorRelationshipsTasteJokesAffections
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about humor differences within a family gathering.
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All quotes βYou must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.
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She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel β that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.
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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence.
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