We must not inquire too curiously into motives. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.
George EliotWe are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
George EliotShall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability?
George EliotI love words; they are the quoits, the bows, the staves that furnish the gymnasium of the mind.
George EliotCan anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge as to the relation of their own social and religious life to the history of the people they think themselves witty in insulting? [...] The best thing that can be said of it is, that it is a sign of the intellectual narrowness—in plain English, the stupidity which is still the average mark of our culture.
George Eliot