For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. – Mary Augusta Ward Category: Marriage
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. – John Ruskin Category: Education
Watch your own speech, and notice how it is guided by your less conscious purposes… – George Eliot, “Borne Along by the Tide,” The Mill on the Floss, 1860 Category: Speaking
