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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Acquaintance Quotes, Friendship Quotes

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

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

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

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.

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

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...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

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

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

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

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

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

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

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?

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...