Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
GEORGE ELIOTBlessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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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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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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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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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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