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.
GEORGE ELIOTConsequences are unpitying.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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 man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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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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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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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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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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