It is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.
GEORGE ELIOTDelicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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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 a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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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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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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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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