Breed is stronger than pasture.

Quote by George Eliot

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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

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.

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

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

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.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

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

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

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

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

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

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

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....

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

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

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.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Dreams are for those with the courage to pursue them. Good things might come to...

Dreams are for those with the courage to pursue them. Good things might come to...

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.