Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.George Eliot
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.
George Eliot
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
George Eliot
It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.
George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
George Eliot
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