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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.

George Eliot

The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Either Family Idiot Troublesome Usually Visit
What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
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Best Capacity Deception Degrad Destry Effectively Malign Most Own Self
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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Chaff Content Friend Gentile Grain Hand Heart Know Many Own Pour Together
I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
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Anything Book Enough Money Temptation Want World
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
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Each Other Feel Greater Human Join One Soul Strength Thing
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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Defeat Many Victory Worse
Trouble’s made us kin.
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Made Trouble Us
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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Build Down Ignorancem Hour Knowledge Pull Slowly
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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Book Carefully Consolation Examine Find Great Look Much Order Over Own Page World
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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Death Kind World
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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Agree All Call Impulse Name Inspiration Nobel Rapid Through
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
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Like Love Not Only Told
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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Also Like Love Mind Same Sure Told
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Choice Growth Human Lie Principle Strongest
“Heaven help us,” said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
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Another Faith Heaven Help Lack More New Old One Religion Teach
When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
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Bash Burning God Make Presence Through

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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