Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

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 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.

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

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...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

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...

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

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

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

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...