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 ELIOTWear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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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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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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