It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
GEORGE ELIOTIf you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.
More George Eliot Quotes
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Of new acquaintances one can never be sure because one likes them one day that it will be so the next. Of old friends one is sure that it will be the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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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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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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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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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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