Quote by George Eliot
To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early o

To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

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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 theyre gone. – George Eliot

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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue. – Confucius

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Examine what is said, not him who speaks. – Arabic Proverb

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If all hearts were open and all desires known — as they would be if people showed their souls — how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place! – Thomas Hardy

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia

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If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. – William James

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Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue. – Henry James

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I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known. – Walt Disney

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