An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Quote by George Eliot

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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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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

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

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

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.

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

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

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?

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

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...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...