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List of George Eliot Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 1014 inspiring quotes by George Eliot.

About George Eliot

  • Born: November 22, 1819
  • Died: December 22, 1880
  • Occupation: Novelist
    • A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.
    Mom Mother Children
    We have no right to come forward and urge wider changes for good, until we have tried to alter the evils which lie under our own hands.
    Lying Humility Hands
    Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.
    Positive Thinking Thinking Might
    It is, i fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, ''know thyself,'' and too often leads to a self- estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident.
    Fear Acceptance Self
    Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.
    Children Hero Believe
    That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.
    Relationship Marriage Distance
    Surely it is not true blessedness to be free of sorrow while there is sorrow and sin in the world. sorrow is a part of love and love does not seek to throw it off.
    Love Peace Sorrow
    I think i should have no other mortal wants, if i could always have plenty of music.
    Music Thinking Should Have
    Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.
    Life Good Life Affection
    Women know no perfect love: loving the strong, they can forsake the strong; man clings because the being whom he loves is weak and needs him.
    Life Strong Love Is
    But is it what we love, or how we love, that makes true good?
    Life Good Life
    Life's a vast sea that does its mighty errand without fail, painting in unchanged strength though waves are changing.
    Life Sea Doe
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