We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.
George EliotLife is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
George EliotBut human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.
George Eliot