George Eliot

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot.

It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot.

There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and read more

There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but --a hatred of all injury.

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.

Hatred is like fire -- it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Hatred is like fire -- it makes even light rubbish deadly.