Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
GEORGE ELIOTLife began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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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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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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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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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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