Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
GEORGE ELIOTI like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
More George Eliot Quotes
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“Heaven help us,” said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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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 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 as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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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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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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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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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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