Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

Quote by George Eliot

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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

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

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

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

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

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

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

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...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

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...

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.

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?

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...