The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food—it seems for a moment… — George Eliot
The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food—it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.
Adam Bede · 1859
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Current citation
Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 36.
Original citation
Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 36.