The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
GEORGE ELIOTDecide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
More George Eliot Quotes
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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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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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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When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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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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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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