More From George Eliot
- "I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best."
- "A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe."
- "Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart."
More In Great
- "Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts."― E. B. White
- "Calling a young artist ‘great’ these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade."― Jerry Saltz
- "I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of how tough life is and about the indomitable spirit that the Aboriginal people have always possessed."― Hugh Jackman