Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

Quote by George Eliot

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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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

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

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

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

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

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

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...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

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,...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

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.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

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...

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...