There is no short-cut no patent tram-road, to wisdom. After all the ce…

George Eliot
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There is no short-cut no patent tram-road, to wisdom. After all the centuries of invention, the soul's path lies through the thorny wilderness which must still be trodden in solitude, with bleeding feet, with sobs for help, as it was trodden by them of old time. ✨ George Eliot (2016). The Lifted Veil, p.23, George Eliot
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