Joy is the best of wine.
George Eliot
Joy’s Essence, Best Wine, Happiness Drink, Joy, Wine, Happiness
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“But, my dear Mrs. Casaubon,” said Mr. Farebrother, smiling gently at her ardor, “character is not cut in marble – it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.” George Eliot
Character Change, Living Marble, Diseased Bodies, Character, Marble, Bodies
George Eliot Character Change, Living Marble, Diseased Bodies, Character, Marble, Bodies“If I could only fancy myself clever, it would be better, but to be a failure of Nature and to know it is not a comfortable lot. It is the last lesson one learns, to be contented with one’s inferiority – but it must be learned.” George Eliot
Clever Fancy, Inferiority Content, Comfortable Lot, Fancy, Inferiority, Lot
George Eliot Clever Fancy, Inferiority Content, Comfortable Lot, Fancy, Inferiority, Lot“No man can be wise on an empty stomach.” George Eliot
Stomach Wisdom, Empty Wisdom, Hungry Mind, Wisdom, Stomach, Mind
George Eliot Stomach Wisdom, Empty Wisdom, Hungry Mind, Wisdom, Stomach, Mind“Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses.” George Eliot
Magnified Drop, Semicolons Humor, Parentheses View, Drop, Humor, View
George Eliot Magnified Drop, Semicolons Humor, Parentheses View, Drop, Humor, View“For the tragedy of our lives is not created entirely from within. “Character,” says Novalis, in one of his questionable aphorisms,–“character is destiny.” But not the whole of our destiny.” George Eliot
Destiny, Life, Character, Fate, Philosophy, Tragedy
George Eliot Destiny, Life, Character, Fate, Philosophy, Tragedy“Childhood is only the beautiful and happy time in contemplation and retrospect: to the child it is full of deep sorrows, the meaning of which is unknown.” George Eliot
Childhood Sorrows, Retrospective Beauty, Unseen Meaning, Childhood, Beauty, Meaning
George Eliot Childhood Sorrows, Retrospective Beauty, Unseen Meaning, Childhood, Beauty, Meaning“Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence.” George Eliot
Immortal Legacy, Living Memory, Spiritual Legacy, Eternal Influence, Inspirational Life, Afterlife Reflection
George Eliot Immortal Legacy, Living Memory, Spiritual Legacy, Eternal Influence, Inspirational Life, Afterlife Reflection“We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.” George Eliot
Faith And Work, Miracles Effort, Christ Belief, Faith, Miracles, Effort
George Eliot Faith And Work, Miracles Effort, Christ Belief, Faith, Miracles, Effort“Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all the advantages without the disagreeables of reputation.” George Eliot
Preserving Incognito, Pseudonym Benefits, Literary Privacy, Stories, Incognito, Reputation
George Eliot Preserving Incognito, Pseudonym Benefits, Literary Privacy, Stories, Incognito, Reputation“To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.” George Eliot
Judge Wisely, Unwise Thoughts, Things Appear, Judge, Unwise, Appear
George Eliot Judge Wisely, Unwise Thoughts, Things Appear, Judge, Unwise, Appear“But we all know the wag’s definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.” George Eliot
Wag Philanthropy, Charity Definition, Humorous Wisdom, Philanthropy, Charity, Wisdom
George Eliot Wag Philanthropy, Charity Definition, Humorous Wisdom, Philanthropy, Charity, Wisdom“In this stupid world, most people never consider that a thing is good to be done unless it is done by their own set.” George Eliot
Stupid World, Good Deeds, Own Set, World, Deeds, Set
George Eliot Stupid World, Good Deeds, Own Set, World, Deeds, Set“There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.” George Eliot
Sorrow, Despair, Hope, Healing, Life, Growth
George Eliot Sorrow, Despair, Hope, Healing, Life, Growth“Oh, sir, the loftiest hopes on earth Draw lots with meaner hopes: heroic breasts, Breathing bad air, run risk of pestilence; Or, lacking lime-juice when they cross the Line, May languish with the scurvy.” George Eliot
Loftiest Hopes, Breathing Air, Heroic Risk, Hopes, Air, Risk
George Eliot Loftiest Hopes, Breathing Air, Heroic Risk, Hopes, Air, Risk“Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summers dead, And all sad sounds are nature’s funeral cries For what has been and is not.” George Eliot
Winter Wails, Summer’s Death, Nature’s Mourning, Winter, Summer, Mourning
George Eliot Winter Wails, Summer’s Death, Nature’s Mourning, Winter, Summer, Mourning“People who can’t be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.” George Eliot
Witty People, Devout Affectionate, Exert Devotion, Witty, Affectionate, Devout
George Eliot Witty People, Devout Affectionate, Exert Devotion, Witty, Affectionate, Devout“Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means -one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.” George Eliot
Social Judgment, Class And Errors, Moral Expectations, Economic Differences, Social Perceptions, Human Flaws
George Eliot Social Judgment, Class And Errors, Moral Expectations, Economic Differences, Social Perceptions, Human Flaws“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