Quote by George Eliot
What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. – George Eliot

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It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness — calling their denial knowledge. – George Eliot

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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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For all of higher civilizations recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family. – Dennis Prager

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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. – John Ruskin

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Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. – Charles Dudley Warner

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Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponents pressure, and the temporary failures. – Vince Lombardi

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