But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.

Quote by George Eliot

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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.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

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...

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

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

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

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

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...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

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

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