What did George Eliot mean by: The light can be a curtain as well as the darkness. George Eliot Author · England Copy
+ Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. Author, September 24, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Authenticity, Perception, Reality, 0 George Eliot Author · England
I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Adventure, Exploration, Independence, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ It is never too late to be what you might have been. Author, March 9, 2023December 25, 2024, George Eliot, Potential, Regret, Transformation, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Knightly love is blent with reverence As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Devotion, Love, Reverence, 0 George Eliot Author · England
The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Depth, Inspiration, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our action. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Action, Communication, Power, 0 George Eliot Author · England
It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Motivation, Self-improvement, Transformation, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Some people are born to make life pretty, and others to grumble that it is not pretty enough. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Beauty, Perception, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France