George Eliot

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It is never too late to be what you might have been.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.