Her heart went out to him with a stronger movement than ever, at the thought that people would blame him. Maggie hated blame; she had been blamed her whole life, and nothing had come of it but evil tempers.
George EliotNo story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
George EliotPride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
George Eliot