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.
GEORGE ELIOTGenius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
More George Eliot Quotes
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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Of new acquaintances one can never be sure because one likes them one day that it will be so the next. Of old friends one is sure that it will be the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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