All George Eliot Quotes
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
George Eliot
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The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
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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.
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The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
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Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night.
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The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
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