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title: "38 Death Quotes By George Eliot"
description: "Death quotes by George Eliot on healing, reconciliation, and inevitability."
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> [Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/our-dead-are-never-dead-to-us-until-we-have-forgotten-them/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/worldly-faces-never-look-so-worldly-as-at-a-funeral/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/when-death-comes-it-is-never-our-tenderness-that-we-repent-from-but/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [All our ignorance brings us closer to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/all-our-ignorance-brings-us-closer-to-death/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [In every parting there is an image of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/in-every-parting-there-is-an-image-of-death/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/death-was-not-to-be-a-leap-it-was-to-be-a-long-descent-under/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Those only can thoroughly feel the meaning of death who know what is perfect love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/those-only-can-thoroughly-feel-the-meaning-of-death-who-know-what-is/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-years-seem-to-rush-by-now-and-i-think-of-death-as-a-fast/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/we-are-contented-with-our-day-when-we-have-been-able-to-bear-our/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a man's death hallows him anew to us; as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-is-a-sad-weakness-in-us-after-all-that-the-thought-of-a-man-s/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [To most mortals there is a stupidity which is unendurable and a stupidity which is altogether acceptable - else, indeed, what would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/to-most-mortals-there-is-a-stupidity-which-is-unendurable-and-a/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/and-certainly-the-mistakes-that-we-male-and-female-mortals-make-when/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Death is the only physician, the shadow of his valley the only journeying that will cure us of age and the gathering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/death-is-the-only-physician-the-shadow-of-his-valley-the-only/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [God, immortality, duty - how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/god-immortality-duty-how-inconceivable-the-first-how-unbelievable-the/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause, And hears them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-tread-of-coming-footsteps-cheats-the-midnight-watcher-who-holds/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [The saints were cowards who stood by to see Christ crucified: they should have flung themselves Upon the Roman spears, and died…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-saints-were-cowards-who-stood-by-to-see-christ-crucified-they/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“In the midst of life we are in death” — how the present moment is all we can call our own for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/in-the-midst-of-life-we-are-in-death-how-the-present-moment-is-all-we/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“Three words have often been used as the trumpet-call of men - the words God, Immortality, Duty - pronounced with terrible earnestness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/three-words-have-often-been-used-as-the-trumpet-call-of-men-the-words/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/what-greater-thing-is-there-for-two-human-souls-than-to-feel-that-3/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/what-quarrel-what-harshness-what-unbelief-in-each-other-can-subsist/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“It was too intolerable that Dorothea should be worshiping this husband: such weakness in a woman is pleasant to no man but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-was-too-intolerable-that-dorothea-should-be-worshiping-this/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [In the first moments when we come away from the presence of death, every other relation to the living is merged, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/in-the-first-moments-when-we-come-away-from-the-presence-of-death/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, 'mid the throng of hurrying desires That trample on the dead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/let-thy-chief-terror-be-of-thine-own-soul-there-mid-the-throng-of/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [One has to spend so many years in learning how to be happy. I am just beginning to make some progress in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/one-has-to-spend-so-many-years-in-learning-how-to-be-happy-i-am-just/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a person's death consecrates him or her anew to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-is-a-sad-weakness-in-us-after-all-that-the-thought-of-a-person-s/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Here was a man who now for the first time found himself looking into the eyes of death--who was passing through one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/here-was-a-man-who-now-for-the-first-time-found-himself-looking-into/)

[GEORGE ELIOT](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Signs are small measurable things, but interpretations are illimitable, and in girls of sweet, ardent nature, every sign is apt to conjure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/signs-are-small-measurable-things-but-interpretations-are-illimitable/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/death-is-the-king-of-this-world-tis-his-park-where-he-breeds-life-to/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/we-mortals-men-and-women-devour-many-a-disappointment-between/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [I trust you as holy men trust God; you could do nought that was not pure and loving, though the deed might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/i-trust-you-as-holy-men-trust-god-you-could-do-nought-that-was-not/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/when-death-the-great-reconciler-has-come-it-is-never-our-tenderness/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“the involuntary loss of any familiar object almost always brings a chill as from an evil omen; it seems to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-involuntary-loss-of-any-familiar-object-almost-always-brings-a/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/mortals-are-easily-tempted-to-pinch-the-life-out-of-their-neighbor-s/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/a-medical-man-likes-to-make-psychological-observations-and-sometimes/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“The most obstinate beliefs that mortals entertain about themselves are such as they have no evidence for beyond a constant, spontaneous pulsing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-most-obstinate-beliefs-that-mortals-entertain-about-themselves/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“When the commonplace "We must all die" transforms itself suddenly into the acute consciousness "I must die-- and soon," then death grapples…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/when-the-commonplace-we-must-all-die-transforms-itself-suddenly-into/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/we-mortals-men-and-women-devour-many-a-disappointment-between-2/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“My spirit is too weak; mortality Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep, And each imagined pinnacle and steep Of godlike hardship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/my-spirit-is-too-weak-mortality-weighs-heavily-on-me-like-unwilling/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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## More by George Eliot

> [There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/there-are-various-orders-of-beauty-causing-men-to-make-fools-of/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/but-the-effect-of-her-being-on-those-around-her-was-incalculably/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/scepticismcan-never-be-thoroughly-applied-else-life-would-come-to-a/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/under-every-guilty-secret-there-is-hidden-a-brood-of-guilty-wishes/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [The most powerful movement of feeling with a liturgy is the prayer which seeks for nothing special, but is a yearning to escape from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-most-powerful-movement-of-feeling-with-a-liturgy-is-the-prayer/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [ “\[W\]e must learn to accommodate ourselves to the discovery that some of those cunningly-fashioned instruments called human souls have only a very limited range… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/w-e-must-learn-to-accommodate-ourselves-to-the-discovery-that-some-of/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [“Mr. Casaubon had never had a strong bodily frame, and his soul was sensitive without being enthusiastic: it was too languid to thrill out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/mr-casaubon-had-never-had-a-strong-bodily-frame-and-his-soul-was/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [“... she took her husband's jokes and joviality as patiently as everything else, considering that "men would be so", and viewing the stronger sex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/she-took-her-husband-s-jokes-and-joviality-as-patiently-as-everything/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/what-is-opportunity-to-the-man-who-can-t-use-it-an-unfecundated-egg/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/and-of-course-men-know-best-about-everything-except-what-women-know/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [“But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for reckoners sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/but-let-the-wise-be-warned-against-too-great-readiness-at-explanation/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [“But any one watching keenly the stealthy convergence of human lots, sees a slow preparation of effects from one life on another, which tells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/but-any-one-watching-keenly-the-stealthy-convergence-of-human-lots/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/perspective-as-its-inventor-remarked-is-a-beautiful-thing-what/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [“Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/sane-people-did-what-their-neighbours-did-so-that-if-any-lunatics/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

> [even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt, and hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/even-those-who-call-themselves-intimate-know-very-little-about-each/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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