Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. George Eliot conquestmarriagerelation Change image and share on social
I desire no future that will break the ties with the past. George Eliot breakdesirefuture Change image and share on social
Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. George Eliot frictiongenerateheat Change image and share on social
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. George Eliot dulldullnessnature Change image and share on social
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. George Eliot certaintydeedfalterers Change image and share on social
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. George Eliot cakechinesefix Change image and share on social
A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other. George Eliot centrecommondissimilar Change image and share on social
The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down. George Eliot askdecrepitfifty Change image and share on social
Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? George Eliot friendgoodnonsense Change image and share on social
