These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
GEORGE ELIOTI have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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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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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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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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Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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