Quote by George Eliot
For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of

For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities –a willing movement of a mans soul with the larger sweep of the worlds forces –a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life. – George Eliot

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Sympathetic people often dont communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own depths. – George Eliot

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We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. – George Eliot

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A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action. – Oscar Wilde

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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. – Joseph Conrad

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Oh, how powerfully the magnet of illusion attracts. – Gutzkow

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