I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

Quote by George Eliot

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The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

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...

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.

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...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

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

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

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

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.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

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....

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the...

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the...