All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil — widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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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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A good horse makes short miles.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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