--- title: "10 Impression Quotes By George Eliot" description: "10 Impression quotes by George Eliot. Plus more from George Eliot and more Impression sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/george-eliot-84_coarse_subtle-impressions-for-which-words-are-q_587479.png" --- > [Subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/subtle-impressions-for-which-words-are-quite-too-coarse-a-medium/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/george-eliot-84_coarse_subtle-impressions-for-which-words-are-q_587479.png) > [“I magnified, as usual, the impression any word or deed of mine could produce on others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/i-magnified-as-usual-the-impression-any-word-or-deed-of-mine-could/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/george-eliot-84_impression_i-magnified-as-usual-the-impression-any_3136216.png) > [It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-is-well-known-to-all-experienced-minds-that-our-firmest/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/george-eliot-84_coarse_it-is-well-known-to-all-experienced-mind_1697458.png) > [The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-dull-mind-once-arriving-at-an-inference-that-flatters-the-desire/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/george-eliot-84_able_the-dull-mind-once-arriving-at-an-infere_791155.png) > [It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of some strong unquestioning emotion, to suspect itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-belongs-to-every-large-nature-when-it-is-not-under-the-immediate/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/george-eliot-84_conscious_it-belongs-to-every-large-nature-when-it_913727.jpg) > [Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/life-is-too-precious-to-be-spent-in-this-weaving-and-unweaving-of/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/george-eliot-84_degrees_life-is-too-precious-to-be-spent-in-this_2959449.png) > [For years after Lydgate remembered the impression produced in him by this involuntary appeal-this cry from soul to soul, without other consciousness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/for-years-after-lydgate-remembered-the-impression-produced-in-him-by/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/george-eliot-84_appeals_for-years-after-lydgate-remembered-the-i_3058297.png) > [I think the effective use of quotation is an important point in the art of writing. Given sparingly, quotations serve admirably as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/i-think-the-effective-use-of-quotation-is-an-important-point-in-the/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/george-eliot-84_art_i-think-the-effective-use-of-quotation-i_1591111.jpg) > [“See the difference between the impression a man makes on you when you walk by his side in familiar talk, or look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/see-the-difference-between-the-impression-a-man-makes-on-you-when-you/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/george-eliot-84_impression_see-the-difference-between-the-impressio_675070.png) > [The idea of duty, that recognition of something to be lived for beyond the mere satisfaction of self, is to the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/the-idea-of-duty-that-recognition-of-something-to-be-lived-for-beyond-2/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/george-eliot-84_animal_the-idea-of-duty-that-recognition-of-som_2793482.png) ## Other authors on Impression ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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