What secular avocation on earth was there for a young man (whose friends could not get him an ‘appointment’) which was at once gentlemanly, lucrative, and to be followed without special knowledge?
Weitere Zitate von George Eliot
Zum Autor"Tis what I love determines how I love."
"College mostly makes people like bladders—just good for nothing but t’ hold the stuff as is poured into ‘em."
"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
"It is just that I don’t know how I could live without the hope of her. It would be like learning to live with wooden legs."
"It's but little good you'll go a-water-ing the last year's crop."
"Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through."