Man thinks
Brutes have no wisdom, since they know not his:
Can we divine their world?
Quotes from The Spanish Gypsy — George Eliot
1819–1880 England
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But is it what we love, or how we love,
That makes true good?
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As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
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Certain winds will make men's temper bad.
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Knightly love is blent with reverence
As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue.
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A book which hath been culled from the flowers of all books.
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Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!
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But certain winds will make men's temper bad.
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Beauteous Night lay dead
Under the pall of twilight, and the love-star
sickened and shrank.
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Grant folly's prayers that hinder folly's wish,
And serve the ends of wisdom.
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Mysterious haunts of echoes old and far,
The voice divine of human loyalty.
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Inclination snatches arguments
To make indulgence seem judicious choice.
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For strong souls
Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength
In furthest striving action.
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In travelling
I shape myself betimes to idleness
And take fools' pleasure.
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Speech is but broken light upon the depth
Of the unspoken.
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No great deed is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Eliot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.