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That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
Wives
George Eliot

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The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.
Conquest
George Eliot

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The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
Women
George Eliot

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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Perfection
George Eliot

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The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
Purpose
George Eliot

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The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
Failure
George Eliot

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The reward of one's duty is the power to fulfill another.
Duty
George Eliot

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There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
Pride
George Eliot

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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
Failure
George Eliot

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We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
Compassion
George Eliot

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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
Reality
George Eliot

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What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?
Life and Living
George Eliot

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Where women love each other, men learn to smother their mutual dislike.
Men and Women
George Eliot

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All cases are unique and very similar to others.
Originality
T. S. Eliot

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Birth, copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to the brass tacks.
Life and Living
T. S. Eliot

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For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.
Words
T. S. Eliot

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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
Communication
T. S. Eliot

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I suppose some editors are failed writers; but so are most writers.
Editing and Editors
T. S. Eliot

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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
Rebellion
T. S. Eliot

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Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.
Love
T. S. Eliot

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
Pride
T. S. Eliot

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
Risk
T. S. Eliot

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Our emotions are only incidents in the effort to keep day and night together.
Emotions
T. S. Eliot

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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
Writers and Writing
T. S. Eliot

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
Deeds and Good Deeds
T. S. Eliot

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun