No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
GEORGE ELIOTJustice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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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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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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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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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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