--- title: "10 Invisible Quotes By George Eliot" description: "10 Invisible quotes by George Eliot. Plus more from George Eliot and more Invisible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/george-eliot-84_history_men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and_299130.png" --- > [“Men, like planets, have both a visible and invisible history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and-invisible-history/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/george-eliot-84_history_men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and_299130.png) > [So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/so-shall-i-join-the-choir-invisible-whose-music-is-the-gladness-of/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/george-eliot-84_choir_so-shall-i-join-the-choir-invisible-whos_2871739.png) > [Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/oh-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-those-immortal-dead-who-live/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/george-eliot-84_choir_oh-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-tho_720778.png) > [“O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/o-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-those-immortal-dead-who-live-2/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/george-eliot-84_choir_o-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-thos_2556322.png) > [How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/how-will-you-find-good-it-is-not-a-thing-of-choice-it-is-a-river-that/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/george-eliot-84_choices_how-will-you-find-good-it-is-not-a-thing_468996.png) > [“I was dead to worldly ambitions, to social vanities, to all the incentives within the compass of her narrow imagination, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/i-was-dead-to-worldly-ambitions-to-social-vanities-to-all-the/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/george-eliot-84_invisible_i-was-dead-to-worldly-ambitions-to-socia_378981.png) > [Man finds his pathways: at first they were foot-tracks, as those of the beast in the wilderness; now they are swift and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/man-finds-his-pathways-at-first-they-were-foot-tracks-as-those-of-the/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/george-eliot-84_accepting_man-finds-his-pathways-at-first-they-wer_723825.jpg) > [O may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again in minds made better by their presence; live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/o-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-those-immortal-dead-who-live/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/george-eliot-84_aim_o-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-thos_166753.png) > [May I reach That purest heaven - be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony; Enkindle generous ardor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/may-i-reach-that-purest-heaven-be-to-other-souls-the-cup-of-strength/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/george-eliot-84_agony_may-i-reach-that-purest-heaven-be-to-oth_3088271.png) > [In the chequered area of human experience the seasons are all mingled as in the golden age: fruit and blossom hang together;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/in-the-chequered-area-of-human-experience-the-seasons-are-all-mingled/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/george-eliot-84_age_in-the-chequered-area-of-human-experienc_2295554.jpg) ## Other authors on Invisible ## 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": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/invisible/george-eliot/#itemlist", "name": "10 Invisible Quotes By George Eliot", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Men, like planets, have both a visible and invisible history.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Eliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and-invisible-history/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/george-eliot-84_history_men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and_299130.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/george-eliot-84_history_men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and_299130.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/george-eliot-84_history_men-like-planets-have-both-a-visible-and_299130.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men, like planets, have both a visible and invisible history.” — George Eliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Eliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/so-shall-i-join-the-choir-invisible-whose-music-is-the-gladness-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/george-eliot-84_choir_so-shall-i-join-the-choir-invisible-whos_2871739.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/george-eliot-84_choir_so-shall-i-join-the-choir-invisible-whos_2871739.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/george-eliot-84_choir_so-shall-i-join-the-choir-invisible-whos_2871739.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.” — George Eliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Eliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/oh-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-those-immortal-dead-who-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/george-eliot-84_choir_oh-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-tho_720778.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/george-eliot-84_choir_oh-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-tho_720778.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/george-eliot-84_choir_oh-may-i-join-the-choir-invisible-of-tho_720778.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their…” — George Eliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; 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