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Action Quotes by George Eliot
- That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a…
- Some gentlemen have made an amazing figure in literature by general discontent with the universe as a trap of dulness into which their great souls…
- Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can never do anything…
- It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
- Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
- The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
- I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.
- Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!
- The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way…
- For my part I am very sorry for him. It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet…
- If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by…
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