I would not creep along the coast but steer out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.
George Eliot
Guidance Stars, Mid-Sea Steer, Creep Coast, Stars, Steer, Coast
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“The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.” George Eliot
Happiness, History Absence, Women And Nations, Happiness, History, Nations
George Eliot Happiness, History Absence, Women And Nations, Happiness, History, Nations“There is so much to read and the days are so short! I get more hungry for knowledge every day, and less able to satisfy my hunger.” George Eliot
Hungry Knowledge, Reading Hunger, Short Days, Knowledge, Hunger, Days
George Eliot Hungry Knowledge, Reading Hunger, Short Days, Knowledge, Hunger, Days“Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them.” George Eliot
Melt Rocks, Scale Resolve, Determined Efforts, Rocks, Resolve, Efforts
George Eliot Melt Rocks, Scale Resolve, Determined Efforts, Rocks, Resolve, Efforts“A man’s mind–what there is of it–has always the advantage of being masculine,–as the smallest birch-tree is of a higher kind than the most soaring palm,–and even his ignorance is of a sounder quality.” George Eliot
Masculine Mind, Sound Quality, Higher Kind, Mind, Quality, Higher
George Eliot Masculine Mind, Sound Quality, Higher Kind, Mind, Quality, Higher“Blameless people are always the most exasperating.” George Eliot
Blameless People, Most Exasperating, Annoying Traits, People, Exasperating, Traits
George Eliot Blameless People, Most Exasperating, Annoying Traits, People, Exasperating, Traits“Selfish – a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.” George Eliot
Judgment On Selfishness, Power Of Sacrifice, Empathy In Love, Unseen Sacrifice, Selflessness, Moral Reflection
George Eliot Judgment On Selfishness, Power Of Sacrifice, Empathy In Love, Unseen Sacrifice, Selflessness, Moral Reflection“A proud woman who has learned to submit carries all her pride to the reinforcement of her submission, and looks down with severe superiority on all feminine assumption as unbecoming.” George Eliot
Proud Woman, Feminine Pride, Severe Superiority, Submission, Assumption, Unbecoming
George Eliot Proud Woman, Feminine Pride, Severe Superiority, Submission, Assumption, Unbecoming“Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.” George Eliot
Rome’s History, Visible Past, Funeral Procession, History, Past, Procession
George Eliot Rome’s History, Visible Past, Funeral Procession, History, Past, Procession“An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.” George Eliot
Truth And Deception, Mental Strategy, Wisdom And Knowledge, Cognitive Skills, Probability And Reasoning, Intellectual Defense
George Eliot Truth And Deception, Mental Strategy, Wisdom And Knowledge, Cognitive Skills, Probability And Reasoning, Intellectual Defense“We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.” George Eliot
Journey, Life, Change, Experience, Perspective, Growth
George Eliot Journey, Life, Change, Experience, Perspective, Growth“Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.” George Eliot
Generalizing Power, Human Superiority, Mistake Advantage, Power, Superiority, Advantage
George Eliot Generalizing Power, Human Superiority, Mistake Advantage, Power, Superiority, Advantage“We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.” George Eliot
World Beliefs, Apt Believing, Self Perception, Beliefs, Believing, Self
George Eliot World Beliefs, Apt Believing, Self Perception, Beliefs, Believing, Self“What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.” George Eliot
Malign Fate, Self-Deception, Destroying Capacity, Fate, Deception, Capacity
George Eliot Malign Fate, Self-Deception, Destroying Capacity, Fate, Deception, Capacity“Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite.” George Eliot
Passions’ Unity, Common Table, Feeding Passions, Passions, Table, Feeding
George Eliot Passions’ Unity, Common Table, Feeding Passions, Passions, Table, Feeding“One couldn’t carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves.” George Eliot
Life Blindness, Comfort In Ignorance, Better Expressions, Life, Ignorance, Expressions
George Eliot Life Blindness, Comfort In Ignorance, Better Expressions, Life, Ignorance, Expressions“Steady work turns genius to a loom.” George Eliot
Steady Work, Genius Loom, Dedication Effort, Work, Genius, Effort
George Eliot Steady Work, Genius Loom, Dedication Effort, Work, Genius, Effort“If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.” George Eliot
Past Binding, Duty Inclination, Momentary Law, Past, Duty, Law
George Eliot Past Binding, Duty Inclination, Momentary Law, Past, Duty, Law“Kisses honeyed by oblivion.” George Eliot
Honeyed Kisses, Sweet Forgetfulness, Emotional Moments, Kisses, Oblivion, Sweetness
George Eliot Honeyed Kisses, Sweet Forgetfulness, Emotional Moments, Kisses, Oblivion, Sweetness