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

Quote by George Eliot

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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

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...

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...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

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?

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...

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

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

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

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...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

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

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible