Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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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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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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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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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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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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