Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
George EliotA child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts." โWORDSWORTH.
George EliotCollege mostly makes people like bladders-just good for nothing but t'hold the stuff as is poured into 'em.
George EliotWe judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the process by which results are arrived at.
George EliotIf youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new. We are told that the oldest inhabitants in Peru do not cease to be agitated by the earthquakes, but they probably see beyond each shock, and reflect that there are plenty more to come.
George Eliot