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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?

George Eliot

The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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Darkest Earth Fell Keenly Light Made Night Star Start Upon
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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Abstain Bless Evidence Fact Man Nothing Say Wordy
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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Beyond Enough Grave Large Like Love Only Realism Silence
Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments, some of them woefully coarse, feeble, or out of tune, until people are in danger of crying out that the melody itself is detestable.
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Afford Fate Instruments Melodies Once Religious Set Some Sort Taken Up Woefully
Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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Borne Easy Everybody Give Lift Trouble You
People are so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fool’s caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while everybody else’s are transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone are rosy.
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Cap Carry Else Everybody Fool Ilusion Lie Opaque Own People Ridiculous Think Unaware
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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Act Bear Been Content Day Grief Our Silence Suffer Were
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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God Great Justice Kingdome Without Yearning
A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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Chaff Content Friend Gentile Grain Hand Heart Know Many Own Pour Together
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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Build Down Ignorancem Hour Knowledge Pull Slowly
The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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Higher Lawlessness Rebellion Right Rule Seek Wander
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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Also Like Love Mind Same Sure Told
She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.
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Compassion Down Grief Last Longer Make Sharer Thought Wrestling
Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Confidence Forward Head Hold Joyful Made Victory
It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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Always Brook Charm Clear Flower Good Know Like Paas Refresh Wood
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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Being Friend Get Good Into Nonsense Quarrel Rage Sometimes

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