Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

Quote by George Eliot

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The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

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...

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

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

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

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.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

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...

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.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

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...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

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

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

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.