Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
GEORGE ELIOTThat 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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One can say everything best over a meal.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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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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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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