But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love. A fine constitution doesn't insure one against small-pox or any other of those inevitable diseases. A man may be very firm in other matters, and yet be under a sort of witchery from a woman.
George EliotThat's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
George EliotI'm not one of those that can see the cat in the dairy and wonder what she's there for.
George EliotPeople who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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 Eliot