Maxioms by George Eliot
What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and read more
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
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.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
