But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot
What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. – George Eliot
To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot