The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy! | In Romanian

Teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy! | In Romanian

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy! | In Romanian

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Speech is but broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

quote by George Eliot
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!