What did George Eliot mean by: It’s well known there’s always two sides, if no more. George Eliot Author · England Copy
+ The stars are golden fruit upon a tree all out of reach. Author, November 2, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Aspiration, Beauty, Unattainability, 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
It’s all one web, sir. The prosperity of the country is one web. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Interconnectedness, Prosperity, Unity, 0 George Eliot Author · England
I don’t see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Importance, Love, Relationships, 0 George Eliot Author · England
When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Mastery, Skill, Versatility, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection. Author, August 4, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Ambition, Control, Power, 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
And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Gender, Knowledge, Superiority, 0 George Eliot Author · England
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That’s art to me. Maya Lin Artist and architect
