The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
GEORGE ELIOTWe want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
More George Eliot Quotes
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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The best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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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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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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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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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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