What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
GEORGE ELIOTIt 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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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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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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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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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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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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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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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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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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