Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Quote by George Eliot

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A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

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...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

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.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

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

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

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

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...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

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...

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...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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

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