Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
GEORGE ELIOTI like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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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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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Of new acquaintances one can never be sure because one likes them one day that it will be so the next. Of old friends one is sure that it will be the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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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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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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