Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

Quote by George Eliot

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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

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...

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

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...

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

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...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

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...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

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...

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.

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...

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves