Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
GEORGE ELIOTAdventure is not outside man; it is within.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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