Maxioms by George Eliot
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another
The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
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.