No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
GEORGE ELIOTThere 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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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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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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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 a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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