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No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

~George Eliot

Topics: Continue Desire Effort Escape Evil Except Hopelessly Love Make Us

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Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

~George Eliot

Topics: Accepting Belief Consists Denying Soul Them Unbelief

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For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

~George Eliot

Topics: Any Best Better Cares Itself Joys Love Our Our Love Outside Than Which

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It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

~George Eliot

Topics: Being Captivated Case Common Enough His Ideal Man Nearly Opposite Suddenly Woman

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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

~George Eliot

Topics: Being Friends Get Good Nonsense Quarrel Rage Sometimes

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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

~George Eliot

Topics: Declare Degree Derived Each Follow Freedom Happiness High Impressions Intense Our Own Perfect Union Which

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People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

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Topics: Affectionate Devout Exert People Themselves Who Witty

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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

~George Eliot

Topics: Also Am Like Loved Only I Am

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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

~George Eliot

Topics: Cruelty Every Itself Like Motive Only Opportunity Other Outside Requires Vice

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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

Topics: Absolute Despair First Great Healed Hope Known Moments Our Recovered Sorrow Suffered Which

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: November 22nd, 1819

Died: December 22nd, 1880

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