Consequences are unpitying.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: George Eliot Quotes

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...