Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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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 will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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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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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
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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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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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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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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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