“There's nothing but what's bearable as long as a man can work.... The square o' four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in proportion to your weight, is as true when a man's miserable as when he's happy; and the best o' working is, it gives you a grip hold o' things outside your own lot.” MenGivingLongWorkFourWeightMiserableProportionSquaresSixteenBearableLevers Book:Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot Source: Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot
“I had long since given up trying to extract from a woman as it were the square root of her unknown quantity, the mystery of which a mere introduction was generally enough to dispel.” TryingLongEnoughGivenWomenMysteryRootsMereSquaresQuantityIntroductionGiven UpSquare Roots Book:In Search of Lost Time, Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah (A Modern Library E-Book) Source: In Search of Lost Time, Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah (A Modern Library E-Book)