It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution

Quote by George Eliot

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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

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...

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...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

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

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

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...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

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...

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

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

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

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...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...