"The beginning of an acquaintance whether…" — George Eliot

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Meaning

The quote says that real understanding starts by recognizing how much we do not know. When we first encounter a person or a subject, the first clear result is seeing the limits of our knowledge. It presents ignorance as the starting point of learning.

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Source

Selected Works of George Eliot (2020)

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Originally said in English.

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The phrase appears in the book "Selected Works of George Eliot (2020)" by George Eliot (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.

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About George Eliot

English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator, Victorian era

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator of the Victorian era. She was one of the leading writers of her time. She wrote seven novels, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. Her fiction is known for realism, psychological depth, a strong sense of place, and close attention to the countryside.