I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Women Quotes

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

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

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

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

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

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

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

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...

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

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

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

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...