There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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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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I 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.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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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.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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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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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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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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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil — widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.
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