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

Quote by George Eliot

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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

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

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

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....

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...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

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...

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...

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

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

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

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...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

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

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

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...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

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...