Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
GEORGE ELIOTBlessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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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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Those who trust us educate us.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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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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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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