Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
GEORGE ELIOTOnly in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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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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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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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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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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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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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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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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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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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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