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George Eliot Quotes about Wit

The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.

The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.

George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.206, Penguin

The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers.

George Eliot (1873). “Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot”, p.313