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.
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.rn
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.rn
Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.