I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
GEORGE ELIOTDelicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
More George Eliot Quotes
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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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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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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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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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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