Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
GEORGE ELIOTWe could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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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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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
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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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People are so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fool’s caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while everybody else’s are transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone are rosy.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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