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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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....

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...

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

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.

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...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

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

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

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

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.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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

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

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

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...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for...

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for...

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up