He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Quote by George Eliot

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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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.

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

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

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

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?

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

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,...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is...

But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she...

But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...