Quote#Wisdom
It seems to me now, if I was to find Father at home to-night, I…
Quote byGeorge Eliot · 1819–1880
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Adam Bede (1859).
English (original)
It seems to me now, if I was to find Father at home to-night, I should behave different; but there's no knowing — perhaps nothing 'ud be a lesson to us if it didn't come too late.
— George Eliot
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