No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

Quote by George Eliot

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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.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

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

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

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

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

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

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

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

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

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...

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...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

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...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

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...