“We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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When death, the great reconciler, has come,
“When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
“Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: truth
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Rome – the city of visible history,
“Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: history
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There is only one failure in life
“There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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The important work of moving the world
“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: work
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You should read history and look at
“You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: history
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The intense happiness of our union is
“The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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The only failure one should fear, is
“The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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But human experience is usually paradoxical, that
“But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: experience
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The only failure one should fear, is
“The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
Category: failure
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