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George Eliot

George Eliot
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we…sat with parted lips listening to a new talker, or for very lack of books began to listen to the voices within, as the first traceable beginning of our love.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life -- to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
It is never too late to become what you might have been.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?