To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. – George Eliot
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. – George Eliot

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. – George Eliot
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. – George Eliot
Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot