I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.
George EliotOf a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be. . . .
George EliotThere are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy.
George Eliot