An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
GEORGE ELIOT
And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? 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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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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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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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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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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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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