No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
GEORGE ELIOTThere are many victories worse than a defeat.
More George Eliot Quotes
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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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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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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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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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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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
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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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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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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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