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.
GEORGE ELIOTLife 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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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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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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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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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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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 is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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