I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
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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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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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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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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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“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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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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