Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Quote by George Eliot
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Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
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George Eliot Quotes
- Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
- Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.
- It is never too late to be what you might have been.
- I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovaryisme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare.
- Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
- Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
- Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
- There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
- Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
Best Quotes
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
- About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
- Let wind blow and the rain fall to wash and take away all problems, it's time for a change.
- I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over.
- Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
- He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.
- I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage.
- U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.
- I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.
- When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.