What did George Eliot mean by: It is a wonderful subduer-this need of love, this hunger of the heart. George Eliot Author · England Copy
We are rather apt to consider an act wrong because it is unpleasant to us. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Bias, Morality, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Consequences are unpitying. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Consequences, Impact, 0 George Eliot Author · England
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Compassion, Connection, Purpose, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right. Author, June 12, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Integrity, Morality, Pride, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ In high vengeance there is noble scorn. Author, October 31, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Nobility, Scorn, Vengeance, 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
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Duty, Love, Marriage, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. Author, August 10, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Creativity, Distraction, Flow, 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
