I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
GEORGE ELIOTIt’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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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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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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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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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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