The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey - double and treble the reason for loving as well as working while it is day

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Time Quotes, Work Quotes

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

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

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...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

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...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

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...

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

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

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

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.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

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...

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...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...