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.
GEORGE ELIOTFriendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
More George Eliot Quotes
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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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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.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.
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