Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Differences in humor can create tension in relationships.
This quote by George Eliot highlights how divergent senses of humor can challenge personal relationships. When individuals have varying tastes in jokes or humor, it may lead to misunderstandings or feelings of disconnection, which can strain the bonds of affection and friendship between them.
Themes
HumorRelationshipsAffectionDifferencesJokes
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about maintaining relationships despite differences.
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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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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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