Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
More George Eliot Quotes
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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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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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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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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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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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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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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