All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
GEORGE ELIOTJews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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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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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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There 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.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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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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