Quotes by George Eliot

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

#George Eliot

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

#George Eliot

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

#George Eliot

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

#George Eliot

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

#George Eliot

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

#George Eliot

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

#George Eliot

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

#George Eliot

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

#George Eliot

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

#George Eliot

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

#George Eliot

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

#George Eliot