Quote by George Eliot
Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life

Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. – George Eliot

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Science
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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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Portraits
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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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Rivers
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Other Quotes from
Death
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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. – Samuel Johnson

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Death

Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when youre in your death bed and thats it, I think its the relationships youve had and the people that youve touched and the people that have touched you that matter. – Julie Benz

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Death

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. – Jean Cocteau

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Death

There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change. – Isabelle Adjani

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Death

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The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. – Miguel de Unamuno, En Gredos

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If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Hope

If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective. – Danny Bonaduce

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Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant. – Florenz Ziegfeld

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