Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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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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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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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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The best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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