It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

Quote by George Eliot

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I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

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.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

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

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

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

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...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

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...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

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 long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

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...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

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

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

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...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...