Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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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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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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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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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.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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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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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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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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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
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