We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
GEORGE ELIOTWe are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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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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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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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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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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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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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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