An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are hopeful of achievement, resolute in avoidance, thinking that Mammon shall never put a bit in their mouths and get astride their backs, but rather that…

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

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...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

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...

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...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

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

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

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

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...

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

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

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

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...

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

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?

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

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