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

Quote by George Eliot

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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

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.

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

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...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am...

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

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.

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

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 is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

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

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

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...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

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...

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes