Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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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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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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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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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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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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