It 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.
GEORGE ELIOTWe could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
More George Eliot Quotes
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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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 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.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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