What did George Eliot mean by: Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot Author · England Copy
Better spend an extra hundred or two on your son’s education, than leave it him in your will. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Education, Investment, Legacy, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Consequences are unpitying. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Consequences, Impact, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Communication, Silence, Speech, 0 George Eliot Author · England
That sort of reputation which precedes performance [is] often the larger part of a man’s fame. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Fame, Performance, Reputation, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Old men’s eyes are like old men’s memories; they are strongest for things a long way off. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Ageing, Memory, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
I am not resigned: I am not sure life is long enough to learn that lesson. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Resilience, Time, Uncertainty, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Sweet Truth is a queen proud and mighty– Her throne is in heaven above. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Heaven, Royalty, Truth, 0 George Eliot Author · England
The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Lawlessness, Rebellion, Rule, 0 George Eliot Author · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
