George Eliot

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

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I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth. ↗

— George Eliot

#childbirth #get #i #like #pregnant

Consequences are unpitying. ↗

— George Eliot

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. ↗

— George Eliot

#conscientious #course #duty #most #painful

Breed is stronger than pasture. ↗

— George Eliot

#pasture #stronger #than

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. ↗

— George Eliot

#evidence #fact #giving #having #man

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

#govern #half #her #man #must

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. ↗

— George Eliot

#best #happen #history #kind #know

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. ↗

— George Eliot

#friends #wear #wrinkles

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. ↗

— George Eliot

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