Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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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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After all, the true seeing is within.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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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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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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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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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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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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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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