Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
GEORGE ELIOTI like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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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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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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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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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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