George Eliot
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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Can any man or woman choose duties? No more that they can choose their birthplace, or their father or mother.
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
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If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
I get mad. I get sad. I have all those emotions. But I just like to keep them to myself. I don't think my fans need to be bothered with if I'm mad or sad about something. I should just be concerned that they are keeping up with my music or I'm making them happy with my show.
I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
Great men are not born, they are made, Your greatness lies in your ability to make a step further than you think you can.
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