It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have the highest happiness such as goes along with being a great man, by having wide thoughts…

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Feelings Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

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.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

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...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

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

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

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

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.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

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.

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

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

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

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

A mother loves her children even when they least deserve to be loved.

A mother loves her children even when they least deserve to be loved.