Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Quote by George Eliot

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He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

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

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

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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.

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

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

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

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.

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...

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...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

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...

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

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

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise