Common Quotes by George Eliot

A common fallacy: to imagine a measure will be easy because we have private motives for desiring it.

— George Eliot

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

— George Eliot

Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.

— George Eliot

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

— George Eliot

There's folks 'ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.

— George Eliot

How unspeakably the lengthening of memories in common endears our old friends!

— George Eliot

There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.

— George Eliot

In the first moments when we come away from the presence of death, every other relation to the living is merged, to…

— George Eliot

When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear…

— George Eliot

It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge…

— George Eliot

Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a…

— George Eliot

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have…

— George Eliot

It is hard to believe long together that anything is "worth while," unless there is some eye to kindle in common with…

— George Eliot

The impulse to confession almost always requires the presence of a fresh ear and a fresh heart; and in our moments of…

— George Eliot

It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge…

— George Eliot