In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
GEORGE ELIOT… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
More George Eliot Quotes
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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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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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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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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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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Trouble’s made us kin.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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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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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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