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

Quote by George Eliot

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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.