More from George Eliot
Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
George EliotGeorge Eliot There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
George EliotGeorge Eliot Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
George EliotGeorge Eliot It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
George EliotGeorge Eliot One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
George EliotGeorge Eliot After all, the true seeing is within.
George EliotGeorge Eliot When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
George EliotGeorge Eliot Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
George EliotGeorge Eliot It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
George EliotGeorge Eliot We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
George EliotGeorge Eliot 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.
George EliotGeorge Eliot In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
George EliotGeorge Eliot “Heaven help us,” said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
George EliotGeorge Eliot There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
George EliotGeorge Eliot Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
George EliotGeorge Eliot 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.
George EliotGeorge Eliot
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From our community writers
And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby My soul speaks a language, only you can understand.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale In another life, you kept your word, and forever’s still ours for the taking.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
Claire VinsonClaire Vinson Music is a weed, we all fallen souls are high on.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar
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More on forgotten
I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
Barbara JohnsonBarbara Johnson American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
Barry GoldwaterBarry Goldwater The reason American cars don’t sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That’s why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I can’t tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to the innocent and shown to the future what the past suffered, so that it has never been forgotten.
John BergerJohn Berger The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised – that in the U.S., a free market system, allows us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for your family and leave your children better off than yourselves.
Marco RubioMarco Rubio Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.
Phyllis DillerPhyllis Diller When we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom