It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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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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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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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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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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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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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