Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.

Quote by George Eliot

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Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

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...

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

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

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

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.

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of...

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

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

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...