A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.
George Eliot
Child’s Understanding, Common Feeling, Unifying Force, Child, Understanding, Force
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“Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.” George Eliot
Rough Truth, Bitter Knowledge, Truth Experience, Truth, Knowledge, Experience
George Eliot Rough Truth, Bitter Knowledge, Truth Experience, Truth, Knowledge, Experience“It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found – in loving obedience.” George Eliot
Divine Work, Loving Obedience, Seeking Blessings, Work, Obedience, Blessings
George Eliot Divine Work, Loving Obedience, Seeking Blessings, Work, Obedience, Blessings“Sweet Truth is a queen proud and mighty – Her throne is in heaven above.” George Eliot
Mighty Truth, Queen Truth, Heavenly Throne, Truth, Queen, Throne
George Eliot Mighty Truth, Queen Truth, Heavenly Throne, Truth, Queen, Throne“In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures.” George Eliot
Rome’s Priorities, Artistic Need, Worldly Wants, Rome, Art, Needs
George Eliot Rome’s Priorities, Artistic Need, Worldly Wants, Rome, Art, Needs“Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.” George Eliot
True Love, Love’s Rewards, Everlasting Love, Eternal Commitment, Deep Affection, True Devotion
George Eliot True Love, Love’s Rewards, Everlasting Love, Eternal Commitment, Deep Affection, True Devotion“It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.” George Eliot
Interrupted Art, Fatal Disruption, Poetic Flow, Art, Poetry, Flow
George Eliot Interrupted Art, Fatal Disruption, Poetic Flow, Art, Poetry, Flow“No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.” George Eliot
Eloquent Compliment, Expressing Indifference, Subtle Praise, Compliment, Indifference, Praise
George Eliot Eloquent Compliment, Expressing Indifference, Subtle Praise, Compliment, Indifference, Praise“God, immortality, duty – how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.” George Eliot
God’s Concepts, Immortality’s Unbelief, Duty’s Absoluteness, God, Immortality, Duty
George Eliot God’s Concepts, Immortality’s Unbelief, Duty’s Absoluteness, God, Immortality, Duty“Unwonted circumstances may make us all rather unlike ourselves: there are conditions under which the most majestic person is obliged to sneeze, and our emotions are liable to be acted on in the same incongruous manner.” George Eliot
Unwonted Circumstances, Majestic Person, Incongruous Emotions, Circumstances, Majestic, Emotions
George Eliot Unwonted Circumstances, Majestic Person, Incongruous Emotions, Circumstances, Majestic, Emotions“The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great a mental force as the direct sequence.” George Eliot
Strength, Mind, Logic, Decision-making, Challenge, Thoughtfulness
George Eliot Strength, Mind, Logic, Decision-making, Challenge, Thoughtfulness“I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.” George Eliot
Correct English, Strongest Slang, Poets Slang, English, Slang, Poets
George Eliot Correct English, Strongest Slang, Poets Slang, English, Slang, Poets“Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.” George Eliot
Waking Dream, Daylight Illusion, Sleep’s Reality, Dream, Illusion, Reality
George Eliot Waking Dream, Daylight Illusion, Sleep’s Reality, Dream, Illusion, Reality“All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.” George Eliot
Key Interpretation, Meaning Dependence, Decoding Thoughts, Interpretation, Meaning, Thoughts
George Eliot Key Interpretation, Meaning Dependence, Decoding Thoughts, Interpretation, Meaning, Thoughts“A picture of human life such as a great artist can give, surprises even the trivial and the selfish into that attention to what is apart from themselves, which may be called the raw material of moral sentiment.” George Eliot
Human Life, Artistic Vision, Moral Sentiment, Life, Art, Sentiment
George Eliot Human Life, Artistic Vision, Moral Sentiment, Life, Art, Sentiment“It’s a father’s duty to give his sons a fine chance.” George Eliot
Father’s Duty, Fine Chance, Sons Duty, Father, Sons, Duty
George Eliot Father’s Duty, Fine Chance, Sons Duty, Father, Sons, Duty“Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.” George Eliot
Death’s Rule, Life And Death, Pain’s Role, Death, Life, Pain
George Eliot Death’s Rule, Life And Death, Pain’s Role, Death, Life, Pain“A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.” George Eliot
Patronizing Nature, Mean Disposition, Self-Exaltation, Disposition, Nature, Exaltation
George Eliot Patronizing Nature, Mean Disposition, Self-Exaltation, Disposition, Nature, Exaltation“It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.” George Eliot
Knowledge Power, Ignorance Pulls, Hour Builds, Knowledge, Ignorance, Power
George Eliot Knowledge Power, Ignorance Pulls, Hour Builds, Knowledge, Ignorance, Power