“The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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Our deeds still travel with us from
“Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in
“Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear
“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.”
— George Eliot
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The golden moments in the stream of
“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 Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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Is it not rather what we expect
“Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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There is no despair so absolute as
“There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.”
— George Eliot
Author: George Eliot
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For what is love itself, for the
“For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.”
— George Eliot
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When we get to wishing a great
“When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.”
— George Eliot
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But what we call our despair is
“But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.”
— George Eliot
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There is a sort of jealousy which
“There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.”
— George Eliot
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