Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Acquaintance Quotes, Friendship Quotes

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

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.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

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...

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

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...

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...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

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...

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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

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

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

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

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

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

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

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.