There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.
GEORGE ELIOTThe important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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there are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don’t understand; and the other is, to tell them what they’re used to.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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