It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
GEORGE ELIOTJews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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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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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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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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Trouble’s made us kin.
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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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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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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