Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. – George Eliot
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. – George Eliot
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. – George Eliot