Quotes by George Eliot

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

#George Eliot

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

#George Eliot

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

#George Eliot

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

#George Eliot

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

#George Eliot

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

#George Eliot

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

#George Eliot

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

#George Eliot

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

#George Eliot

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

#George Eliot

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

#George Eliot

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

#George Eliot