Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. Even with no motive to be false, it is very hard to say the exact truth.
George EliotThere is no sorrow I have thought more about than that-to love what is great, and try to reach it, and yet to fail.
George EliotIf I could only fancy myself clever, it would be better, but to be a failure of Nature and to know it is not a comfortable lot. It is the last lesson one learns, to be contented with one's inferiority -- but it must be learned.
George EliotIt is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found - in loving obedience.
George Eliot