Quote by George Eliot
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness o

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. – George Eliot

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Death
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Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot

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Stubbornness
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The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. – George Eliot

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God
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Hope
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy. – King Abdullah II

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Hope

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. – William J. Clinton

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Hope

He that lives upon hope will die fasting. – Benjamin Franklin

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Hope

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope. – Annette Funicello

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Hope

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Sometimes in football you have to score goals. – Thierry Henry

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Sports

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and Ill show you a man who cant get his pants on. – Joe E. Lewis

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Maturity

My trade and art is to live. – Michel de Montaigne

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Art

It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead. – E.M. Forster, Abinger Harvest

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History