Those who trust us educate us.
GEORGE ELIOTThe right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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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.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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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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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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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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