I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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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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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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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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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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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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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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