What did George Eliot mean by: There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. George Eliot Author · England Copy
… the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Fallibility, Human nature, 0 George Eliot Author · England
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Acting, Humanization, Play, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness! Author, August 19, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Friendship, Gratitude, Support, 0 George Eliot Author · England
A woman’s rank Lies in the fulness of her womanhood: Therein alone she is royal. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Femininity, Fulfillment, Royalty, 0 George Eliot Author · England
+ Man cannot choose his duties. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, George Eliot, Duty, Fate, Obligation, 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
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Eliot, Experience, Practicality, Wisdom, 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
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
