If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
GEORGE ELIOTIt 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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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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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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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there are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don’t understand; and the other is, to tell them what they’re used to.
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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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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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Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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