George Eliot

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. ↗

— George Eliot

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Consequences are unpitying. ↗

— George Eliot

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ↗

— George Eliot

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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. ↗

— George Eliot

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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

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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down. ↗

— George Eliot

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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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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ↗

— George Eliot

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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. ↗

— George Eliot

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ↗

— George Eliot

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