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作者：George Eliot  [全部名言]

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“There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”
— George Eliot  ·  Decisions
“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
— George Eliot  ·  Pets
“The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.”
— George Eliot  ·  Money
“Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Can any man or woman choose duties? No more that they can choose their birthplace, or their father or mother.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Excessive literary production is a social offense.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.”
— George Eliot  ·  Ignorance
“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.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
“It is never too late to become what we might have been.”
— George Eliot  ·  No category
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