Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. Even with no motive to be false, it is very hard to say the exact truth.
George EliotIt is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue.
George EliotMan may content himself with the applause of the world and the homage paid to his intellect, but woman's heart has holier idols.
George Eliot