George Eliot Quote

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.

The Writings of George Eliot: Middlemarch, a study of provincial life (ed. 1970)

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.

The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.