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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Acquaintance Quotes, Friendship Quotes

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...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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

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

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

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...

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

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

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

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

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

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

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

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

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

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

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.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

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

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

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...