Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot
The best augury of a mans success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. – George Eliot
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot
The best augury of a mans success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. – George Eliot
There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. – George Eliot
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. – George Eliot