What did George Eliot mean by: I’m not denyin’ the women are foolish. God Almighty made ’em to match the men. - George Eliot Author · England Copy
+ The best happiness will be to escape the worst misery. Feraz Zeid, June 10, 2023December 12, 2023, George Eliot, Happiness, Misery, Worst, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope? Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, Handsome, Lovable, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ The nature o’ things doesn’t change, though it seems as if one’s own life was nothing but change. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, Dislike, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, Sailor, Sea, Stars, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, Body, Pride, Soul, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, Character, Friendship, Trust, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
+ The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Eliot, Hate, 0 - George Eliot Author · England
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can’t understand. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England