We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
GEORGE ELIOTThe responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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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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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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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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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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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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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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After all, the true seeing is within.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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