We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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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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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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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Character is not cut in marble – it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
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