George Eliot

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of read more

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.