More from George Eliot
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
Middlemarch (1871)In contextBlessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Ch, 4 (1879); comparable to. James Russell Lowell 1871: Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.- Often credited to T. S. Eliot
More about hope
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
- GBGeorge Washington Burnap1802–1859Often credited to Joseph Addison


