It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Abundance, Growth, Perseverance, 0 George Eliot Author · England
The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Dynamics, Family, Intelligence, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Author, September 9, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Family, Likeness, Sadness, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Appearance, Beauty, Contrast, 0 George Eliot Author · England
To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner’s dock is disgrace. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Honor, Justice, Morality, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Barrier, Pride, Purification, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Chaos, Degeneration, Order, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ History, we know, is apt to repeat itself. Author, July 26, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Cycles, Patterns, Recurrence, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin Magician · France
