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.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
More George Eliot Quotes
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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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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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.
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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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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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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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