George Eliot

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"All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other."	Economics, School
"Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love."	Anger
"Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."	Ability, Criticism, Friends
"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."	Honesty, Men, Truth
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact."	Generosity, Intelligence, Men
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to stay, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact."	Generosity, Intelligence, Men
"Blessed is the person who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."	Generosity, Intelligence
"Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult."	Adversity, Difficulty, Honesty
"Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words."	Friends
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important."	Desires, Wants
"Howiver, I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men."	Women
"I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovaryisme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare."	Lies, Men, Writing
"I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates."	Age, Lies, Life
"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."	Life
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."	Music
"If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence."	Art, Death, Life
"If you sit down at set of sun And count the acts that you have done, And counting find One self-denying deed, one word That eased the heart of him who heard; One glance most kind That fell like sunshine where it went- Then you may count that day well spent."	Art, Time
"In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations."	Quotations
"It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old."	Age, Friends, Love
"It is never too late to be what we might have been."	Miscellaneous
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Anger	Art	Beauty
Beginnings	Choice	Criticism
Darkness	Death	Desires
Determination	Difficulty	Duty
Economics	Education	Evil
Excellence	Failure	Family
Fear	Friends	Generosity
History	Honesty	Hope
Ignorance	Intelligence	Knowledge
Lies	Life	Light
Love	Marriage	Men
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