Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
GEORGE ELIOTBlessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
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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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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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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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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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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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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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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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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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