Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Quote by George Eliot

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

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.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

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

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

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

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...

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

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

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

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...

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

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...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...