We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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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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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
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