There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
GEORGE ELIOTNo story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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Any 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.
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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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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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