Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Consequences are unpitying.
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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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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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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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