“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
GEORGE ELIOTA patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
More George Eliot Quotes
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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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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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil — widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.
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The best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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If 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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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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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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