Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Courtesy Quotes

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...

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

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...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

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

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

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...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

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

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...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...