Quotes by Eliot, George

Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means --one feels they ar >>

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be >>

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that >>

Quotations about Battles

Pick battles big enough to matter, but small enough to win. >>

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war. >>

All quiet along the Potomac to-night, no sound save the rush of the ri >>

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.

Eliot, George