Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
GEORGE ELIOTAll meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
More George Eliot Quotes
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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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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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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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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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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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.
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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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