Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
GEORGE ELIOTThe 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
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I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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