We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
GEORGE ELIOTAny 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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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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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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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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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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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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Those who trust us educate us.
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What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
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