Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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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In bed our yesterdays are too oppressive: if a man can only get up, though it be but to whistle or to smoke, he has a present which offers some resistance to the past-sensations which assert themselves against tyrannous memories.
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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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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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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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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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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
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