It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been
George Eliot? Adelaide Anne Procter? Apocryphal? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: My favorite quotation about untapped potential and enduring spirit is attributed to the prominent Victorian novelist...
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What Do We Live For, If It Is Not To Make Life Less Difficult To Each Other?
George Eliot? Mary Ann Evans? F. O. Hamilton? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: George Eliot was a prominent English novelist of the Victorian era. The author’s real name was Mary Ann Evans. The...
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Wear a Smile and Have Friends; Wear a Scowl and Have Wrinkles
George Eliot? Mary Ann Evans? F. O. Hamilton? Lillie Langtry? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The following adage encourages sociability and the projection of happiness: Wear a smile and have...
View ArticleLove, Anger, Sorrow, and a Cough Cannot Be Hid
Dorothy L. Sayers? George Eliot? Thomas Fuller? George Herbert? George Latimer Apperson? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The ongoing pandemic reminded me of an eccentric proverb I once heard: Love...
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