What did George Eliot mean by: It’s all one web, sir. The prosperity of the country is one web. George Eliot Author · England Copy
Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Natural, Power, Transformation, 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. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Change, Nature, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Anger, Communication, Conflict, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Grant folly’s prayers that hinder folly’s wish, And serve the ends of wisdom. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Folly, Prayers, Wisdom, 0 George Eliot Author · England
A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain to feel much anger. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Anger, Emotions, Pain, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people’s sorrow. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Empathy, Isolation, Self-absorption, 0 George Eliot Author · England
So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Immortality, Joy, Music, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Harm, Ignorance, 0 George Eliot Author · England
There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself. Jean Craighead George
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France