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

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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

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

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

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.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

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...

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

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

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.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

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...