Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away early to the tropics, and is at home with palms and banyans -which is nourished on books of travel, and stretches the theatre of its…

Quote by George Eliot

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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

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

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

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

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...

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.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

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

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