In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. – George Eliot

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. – George Eliot
Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. – George Eliot
What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. – Wade Davis