“I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: love
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Little children are still the symbol of
“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: marriage
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It is easy to say how we
“It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: love
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Truth has rough flavours if we bite
“Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: truth
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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom
“In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: wisdom
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Little children are still the symbol of
“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: love
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Anger and jealousy can no more bear
“Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: jealousy
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Marriage must be a relation either of
“Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: marriage
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Failure after long perseverance is much grander
“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: good
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No great deed is done by falterers
“No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: great
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they
“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: pet
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