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

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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

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

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...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

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...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

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.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

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

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

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

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

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

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...

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

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.

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy....

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy....