Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.
GEORGE ELIOTIn travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
More George Eliot Quotes
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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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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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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