Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. – George Eliot
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. – George Eliot