A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

Quote by George Eliot

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And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

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...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

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...

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

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...

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

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

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

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,...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a...

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a...