A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
GEORGE ELIOTIf you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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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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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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