The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Quote by George Eliot

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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.

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

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...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

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...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

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

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

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

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

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.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

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,...

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

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

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...