Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

Quote by George Eliot

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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

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...

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

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

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...

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...

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

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

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

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

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...

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...