Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
GEORGE ELIOTNo story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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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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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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