Quotes by George Eliot

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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"There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music."

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"I 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."

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"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers."

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"One must be poor to know the luxury of giving."

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"Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking."

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"Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult."

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"It seems to me we can never give up longing And wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, And we must hunger after them."

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"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to stay, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact."

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"There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music."

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"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility."

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"Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love."

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