We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
GEORGE ELIOTWhen God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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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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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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“Heaven help us,” said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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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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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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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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