Ignorance ... is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it.
George EliotIt is better sometimes not to follow great reformers of abuses beyond the threshold of their homes.
George EliotAfter all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.
George Eliot