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.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Friends Quotes

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

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

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

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...

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

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...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

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...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.