Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
GEORGE ELIOTLove has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
More George Eliot Quotes
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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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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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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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 strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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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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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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