I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

Quote by George Eliot

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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

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

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

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

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

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

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...