The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.
George EliotErrors look so very ugly in persons of small means -one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.
George EliotThere's no disappointment in memory, and one's exaggerations are always on the good side.
George EliotIt is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
George Eliot