It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
GEORGE ELIOTWill 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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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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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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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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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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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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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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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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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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