Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
GEORGE ELIOTThere are many victories worse than a defeat.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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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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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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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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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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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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That 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.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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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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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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