An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

Quote by George Eliot

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People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

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.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

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...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

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

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

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

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

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...

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

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