Our deeds still travel with us from afar and what we have been makes us what we are.
Weitere Zitate von George Eliot
Zum Autor"Excellence encourages one about life generally it shows the spiritual wealth of the world."
"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."
"College mostly makes people like bladders—just good for nothing but t’ hold the stuff as is poured into ‘em."
"It's but little good you'll go a-water-ing the last year's crop."
"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
"When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she clarifies that God's individual call on her doesn't condemn those in more conventional roles. Then, she says she can no more ignore the cry of the lost than her aunt can the cry of her child."