Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

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.

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

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

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

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

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...

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...

It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes,...