Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old George Eliot quotes, George Eliot sayings, and George Eliot proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.George Eliot
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People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.George Eliot
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People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.George Eliot
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In high vengeance there is noble scorn.George Eliot
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.George Eliot
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.George Eliot
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The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our action.George Eliot
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You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.George Eliot
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.George Eliot
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It is never too late to be who you might have been.George Eliot
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.George Eliot
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.George Eliot
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.George Eliot
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, knows more, accuses with more nicety.George Eliot
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But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.George Eliot
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Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.George Eliot
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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.George Eliot
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The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great a mental force as the direct sequence.George Eliot
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The days were longer then for time, like money, is measured by our needs, when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings.George Eliot
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Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and unhappy men to live calmly.George Eliot
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.George Eliot
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome dubious eggs called possibilities.George Eliot
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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.George Eliot
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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.George Eliot
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What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!George Eliot
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Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.George Eliot
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.George Eliot
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The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another.George Eliot
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It is never too late to be what you might have beenGeorge Eliot
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No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.George Eliot