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.
GEORGE ELIOTThe 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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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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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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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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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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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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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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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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