Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

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...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

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.

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

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...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

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?

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...