Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
GEORGE ELIOTHer little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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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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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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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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