It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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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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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.
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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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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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