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George Eliot
No story is...
No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same...
Hell is oneself;...
Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and...
Each thought is...
Each thought is a nail that is driven
In structures that cannot decay;
And the mansion at last will be...
The important work...
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
When death comes...
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
Our virtues are...
Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound...
Blessed is the...
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
Source: In...
Human beings must...
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
There is no...
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not...
Opposition may become...
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
Source:...
Perhaps the most...
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more...
I'm not denyin'...
I'm not denyin' the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match men.
Source:...
I desire no...
I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.
Source: In
There is nothing...
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but...
But most of...
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing...
The finest language...
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
Source: In
No soul is...
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and...
Keep true, never...
Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to...
Errors look so...
Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means --one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray;...
It always remains...
It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against...