Consequences are unpitying.

Quote by George Eliot

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How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

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...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

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...

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

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.

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...

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

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...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

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.

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

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

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...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...