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.
GEORGE ELIOTMarriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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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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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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People are so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fool’s caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while everybody else’s are transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone are rosy.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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