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.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
More George Eliot Quotes
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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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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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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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.
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Of new acquaintances one can never be sure because one likes them one day that it will be so the next. Of old friends one is sure that it will be the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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