To manage men, one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
More Quotes from George Eliot:
An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are hopeful of achievement, resolute in avoidance, thinking that Mammon shall never put a bit in their mouths and get astride their backs, but rather that Mammon, if they have anything to.George Eliot
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
George Eliot
Best friend, my wellspring in the wilderness.
George Eliot
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
George Eliot
It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet not to enjoy to be present at this great spectacle of life and never to be liberated from a small hungry shivering self--never to be fully possessed by the glory we behold, never to have our consciousness rapturously transformed into the vividness of a thought, the ardor of a passion, the energy of an action, but always to be scholarly and uninspired, ambitious and timid, scrupulous and dim-sighted.
George Eliot
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
George Eliot
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Man QuotesBased on Keywords: sheath
October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.
Thomas Merton
As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had a vague idea of what I wanted to tell and then the dialogue just came to me as I was inking the page.
Jhonen Vasquez
People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
Taylor Caldwell