"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."
― George Eliot
Topic(s):
Peace
― George Eliot
More From George Eliot
- "The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
- "The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory."
- "The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best."
More In Peace
- "Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes."― James Buchan
- "Those are serious questions of war and peace, of freedom or tyranny, whether or not there is ever going to be a hope of us instilling some democratic systems in a part of the world that frankly is breeding hate and destruction directed right at us."― Zach Wamp
- "Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine – that sort of thing."― Martin Scorsese