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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Acquaintance Quotes, Friendship Quotes

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

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...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

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

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

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

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

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

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

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...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

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

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

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose...

There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose...

Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.

Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.