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.
GEORGE ELIOTMarriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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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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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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