It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
GEORGE ELIOTI 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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A good horse makes short miles.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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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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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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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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there are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don’t understand; and the other is, to tell them what they’re used to.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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