What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
GEORGE ELIOTGenius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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I have nothing to tell except travellers’ stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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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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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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