Quotes from Daniel Deronda — George Eliot
1819–1880 England
21 quotes
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
Nothing is feebler than the indolent rebellion of complaint...
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
There's no disappointment in memory, and one's exaggerations are always on the good side.
I say that the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Those who trust us educate us.
Attribution
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