Maxioms by George Eliot
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.
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.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity
The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another
The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another