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

Quote by George Eliot

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Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

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

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

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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...

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...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

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

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

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...

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

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...