What did George Eliot mean by: Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present. George Eliot Author · England Copy
It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Deception, Foolishness, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Death, Descent, Shadows, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Where you have friends you should not go to inns. Author, November 7, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Friendship, Hospitality, Loyalty, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Better a false belief than no belief at all. Author, August 14, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Belief, Existence, Philosophy, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Communication, Silence, Speech, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Animals are such agreeable friends. Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Companionship, Friendship, Nature, 0 George Eliot Author · England
The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Consequences, Morality, Redemption, 0 George Eliot Author · England
It is strange how deeply colours seem to penetrate one, like scent. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Connection, Perception, Sensory, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
