What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
GEORGE ELIOT“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
More George Eliot Quotes
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We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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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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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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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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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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