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 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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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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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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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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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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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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A good horse makes short miles.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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