Quote by George Eliot
A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must

A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities –a willing movement of a mans soul with the larger sweep of the worlds forces –a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life. – George Eliot

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Illusion
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot

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Fight, Fighting
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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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best
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There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. – John Buchan

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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. – Anthony Trollope

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Misery is almost always the result of thinking. – Joseph Joubert

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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. – Andre Gide

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We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity. – Albert Camus

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