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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Jokes Quotes

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

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

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

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

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

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

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

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.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

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...

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.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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

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

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...