Some people are born to make life pretty, and others to grumble that it is not pretty enough.
George EliotIt is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a man's death hallows him anew to us; as if life were not sacred too.
George EliotThe floods of nonsense printed in the form of critical opinions seem to me a chief curse of the times, a chief obstacle to true culture.
George EliotI know forgiveness is a man's duty, but, to my thinking, that can only mean as you're to give up all thoughts o' taking revenge: it can never mean as you're t' have your old feelings back again, for that's not possible.
George Eliot