Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm

Quote by George Eliot

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Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

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

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

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.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

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...

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

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.

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

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...

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

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

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

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...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

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...

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

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.

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

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,...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.