Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Quote by George Eliot

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Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

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...

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

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...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

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...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

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

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

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

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

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

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.

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

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...

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.