It is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.
GEORGE ELIOTThere are many victories worse than a defeat.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Character is not cut in marble – it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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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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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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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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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
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