Quote by George Eliot
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. - George Eliot

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. – George Eliot

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It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because ones own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care. – George Eliot

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The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. – George Eliot

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Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations. – Ralph Charell

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We usually get what we anticipate. – Claude M. Bristol

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Dont count your chickens before they are hatched. – Aesop

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Everything comes if a man will only wait. – Benjamin Disraeli

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