I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
GEORGE ELIOT“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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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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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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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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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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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A good horse makes short miles.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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