There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
GEORGE ELIOTLife began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
More George Eliot Quotes
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil — widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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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 also to be told I am loved.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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