Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.
George Eliot
Kindness, Ignorance, Compassion, Understanding, Cruelty, Judgment
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“How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice...” George Eliot
Natural Beauty, River Companion, Tranquil Moments, River, Beauty, Nature
George Eliot Natural Beauty, River Companion, Tranquil Moments, River, Beauty, Nature“There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.” George Eliot
Noiseless Pain, Human Agonies, Existence Roar, Pain, Agonies, Existence
George Eliot Noiseless Pain, Human Agonies, Existence Roar, Pain, Agonies, Existence“And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.” George Eliot
Woman’s Will, Strong Concealment, Governing Strength, Will, Concealment, Strength
George Eliot Woman’s Will, Strong Concealment, Governing Strength, Will, Concealment, Strength“I like trying to get pregnant. I’m not so sure about childbirth.” George Eliot
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Uncertainty, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Uncertainty
George Eliot Pregnancy, Childbirth, Uncertainty, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Uncertainty“He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.” George Eliot
Cocky Self-Delusion, Sun And Cock, Overconfidence, Self-Delusion, Overconfidence, Sun
George Eliot Cocky Self-Delusion, Sun And Cock, Overconfidence, Self-Delusion, Overconfidence, Sun“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime.” George Eliot
Human Disappointment, Life’s Struggles, Daily Life, Mortality And Loss, Emotions In Life, Human Experience
George Eliot Human Disappointment, Life’s Struggles, Daily Life, Mortality And Loss, Emotions In Life, Human Experience“O the anguish of the thought that we can never atone to our dead for the stinted affection we gave them.” George Eliot
Anguish Of Atonement, Dead Affection, Unresolved Grief, Affection, Grief, Atonement
George Eliot Anguish Of Atonement, Dead Affection, Unresolved Grief, Affection, Grief, Atonement“A good horse makes short miles.” George Eliot
Short Miles, Good Horse, Practical Wisdom, Miles, Horse, Wisdom
George Eliot Short Miles, Good Horse, Practical Wisdom, Miles, Horse, Wisdom“So our lives glide on: the river ends we don’t know where, and the sea begins, and then there is no more jumping ashore.” George Eliot
Life’s Glide, River To Sea, Uncertain Journey, Life, Sea, Journey
George Eliot Life’s Glide, River To Sea, Uncertain Journey, Life, Sea, Journey“Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite.” George Eliot
Passions’ Unity, Common Table, Feeding Passions, Passions, Table, Feeding
George Eliot Passions’ Unity, Common Table, Feeding Passions, Passions, Table, Feeding“Often the soul is ripened into fuller goodness while age has spread an ugly film, so that mere glances can never divine the preciousness of the fruit.” George Eliot
Ripened Soul, Precious Fruit, Ugly Film, Soul, Fruit, Film
George Eliot Ripened Soul, Precious Fruit, Ugly Film, Soul, Fruit, Film“As leopard feels at home with leopard.” George Eliot
Familiar Bond, Leopard’s Nature, Shared Understanding, Bond, Nature, Understanding
George Eliot Familiar Bond, Leopard’s Nature, Shared Understanding, Bond, Nature, Understanding“They said of old the Soul had human shape, But smaller, subtler than the fleshly self, So wandered forth for airing when it pleased.” George Eliot
Human Soul, Subtler Shape, Wandering Spirit, Soul, Shape, Spirit
George Eliot Human Soul, Subtler Shape, Wandering Spirit, Soul, Shape, Spirit“When the soul is just liberated from the wretched giant’s bed of dogmas on which it has been racked and stretched ever since it began to think, there is a feeling of exultation and strong hope.” George Eliot
Liberated Soul, Strong Hope, Giant Dogmas, Soul, Hope, Dogmas
George Eliot Liberated Soul, Strong Hope, Giant Dogmas, Soul, Hope, Dogmas“Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of mental make in which one of us differs from another.” George Eliot
Unique Vanities, Individual Differences, Human Ego, Vanity, Difference, Ego
George Eliot Unique Vanities, Individual Differences, Human Ego, Vanity, Difference, Ego“An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.” George Eliot
Truth And Deception, Mental Strategy, Wisdom And Knowledge, Cognitive Skills, Probability And Reasoning, Intellectual Defense
George Eliot Truth And Deception, Mental Strategy, Wisdom And Knowledge, Cognitive Skills, Probability And Reasoning, Intellectual Defense“The early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult, – whether that of a shrimp pool or of deeper water, – which afterwards subside into cheerful peace.” George Eliot
Marriage Tumult, Cheerful Peace, Critical Times, Marriage, Peace, Tumult
George Eliot Marriage Tumult, Cheerful Peace, Critical Times, Marriage, Peace, Tumult“What courage and patience are wanted for every life that aims to produce anything!” George Eliot
Courage Patience, Life Goals, Aimed Production, Courage, Patience, Goals
George Eliot Courage Patience, Life Goals, Aimed Production, Courage, Patience, Goals