There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
GEORGE ELIOTConscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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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 speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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