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

Quote by George Eliot

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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...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

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.

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.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

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...

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...

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

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

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

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.