Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

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

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...

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

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...

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.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

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...

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...

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

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

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

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...

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

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...

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a...

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a...

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices...

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices...