But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

Quote by George Eliot

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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

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

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

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...