Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Quote by George Eliot

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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

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.

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...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

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

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

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

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...

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

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

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

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

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.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from Gods love. Neither death...

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from Gods love. Neither death...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...