When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

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

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

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.

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

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

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right...

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right...

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

A REAL man, the kind of man a woman wants to give her life to,...

A REAL man, the kind of man a woman wants to give her life to,...