Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1228 |
| AUTHOR: | George Eliot (1819–80) |
| QUOTATION: | We must not inquire too curiously into motives…. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Motives |