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George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder...

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George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

Ignorance. . . is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with...

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George Eliot: Boots and shoes...

George Eliot: Boots and shoes...

Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life. Everything else one can turn and turn about, and make old look...

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George Eliot: There are glances...

George Eliot: There are glances...

There are glances of hatred that stab, and raise no cry of murder.

Source: Felix...

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George Eliot: One soweth and...

George Eliot: One soweth and...

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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George Eliot: Each thought is...

George Eliot: Each thought is...

Each thought is a nail that is driven
In structures that cannot decay;
And the mansion at last will be...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: 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...

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George Eliot: Opposition may become...

George Eliot: Opposition may become...

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Source:...

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George Eliot: But most of...

George Eliot: 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...

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George Eliot: Genius at first...

George Eliot: Genius at first...

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

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George Eliot: Play not with...

George Eliot: Play not with...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers...

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Enid Bagnold: Who wants to...

Enid Bagnold: Who wants to...

Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. To Why am I here? To uselessness. It's...

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Annie Dillard: The dedicated life...

Annie Dillard: The dedicated life...

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

Source:...

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Gertrude Stein: Counting is the...

Gertrude Stein: Counting is the...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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George Eliot: It is never...

George Eliot: It is never...

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Source: In The World's Best...

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George Eliot: It will never...

George Eliot: It will never...

It will never rain roses; when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

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George Eliot: No story is...

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...

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George Eliot: People who can't...

George Eliot: People who can't...

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Source:...

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George Eliot: There are men...

George Eliot: There are men...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

Source: Romola,...

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