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Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade. George EliotBlessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George EliotBlessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George EliotI think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. George Eliot I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. George EliotIgnorance gives one a large range of probabilities. George Eliot It's never too late to be who you might have been. George EliotOne must be poor to know the luxury of giving. George Eliot The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. George EliotThe important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. George EliotThe reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. George EliotThe strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. George Eliot There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots. George EliotWe are all apt to believe what the world believes about us. George EliotWhat greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life? George EliotWhat greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. George EliotMiss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. George Eliot, "Middlemarch", Book I, ch.1Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. George Eliot, 'Mr. Gilfil's Love Story,' Scenes of Clerical Life, 1857 The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. George Eliot, Felix Holt, the Radical, 1866Some people did what their neighbors did so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. George Eliot, MiddlemarchWhat we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. George Eliot, MiddlemarchOur deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness. George Eliot, Romola, 1863Every man who is not a monster, mathematician or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other. George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life - Amos BartonNothing is so good as it seems beforehand. George Eliot, Silas Marner (1861)There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music. George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860
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