You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

Quote by George Eliot

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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...

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

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...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

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

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

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

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's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

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...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

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.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

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

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

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

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...