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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Acquaintance Quotes, Friendship Quotes

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

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

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

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...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Why do we live like this? Is it because it's true that ignorance is bliss?

Why do we live like this? Is it because it's true that ignorance is bliss?

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.