We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
GEORGE ELIOTWe are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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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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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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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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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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