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

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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

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.

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

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.

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

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

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

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...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.