The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
GEORGE ELIOTOur deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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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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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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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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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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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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