Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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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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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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The best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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