What did George Eliot mean by: But what is opportunity to the man who can’t use it? George Eliot Author · England Copy
I love words; they are the quoits, the bows, the staves that furnish the gymnasium of the mind. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Imagination, Knowledge, Language, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Humility, Silence, Wisdom, 0 George Eliot Author · England
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Compliments, Eloquence, Indifference, 0 George Eliot Author · England
If you are to rule men, you must rule them through their own ideas. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Ideology, Influence, Leadership, 0 George Eliot Author · England
It is difficult for woman to try to be anything good when she is not believed in. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Belief, Empowerment, Gender, 0 George Eliot Author · England
A fool or idiot is one who expects things to happen that never can happen. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Expectations, Foolishness, Reality, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. Author, September 3, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Duty, Power, Reward, 0 George Eliot Author · England
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Influence, Private, Public, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Our biggest mistakes, were things we didn’t do, companies we didn’t buy. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
