Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments, some of them woefully coarse, feeble, or out of tune, until people are in danger of crying out that the melody itself is detestable.
GEORGE ELIOTCharacter is not cut in marble – it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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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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Character is not cut in marble – it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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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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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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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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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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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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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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