Tag: George Eliot
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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
George Eliot
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It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.
George Eliot
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It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
George Eliot
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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
George Eliot
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
George Eliot
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That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.
George Eliot
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The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
George Eliot
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I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.
George Eliot
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Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
George Eliot
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The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
George Eliot