Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
GEORGE ELIOTConscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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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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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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Consequences are unpitying.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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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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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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