In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. – George Eliot
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. – George Eliot