It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
GEORGE ELIOTThe strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
More George Eliot Quotes
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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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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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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