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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Family Quotes, Fathers Quotes

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

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

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...

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'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.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

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 to be told I am loved.

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

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

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

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

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

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

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

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...

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,...

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.

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.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

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...