May Quotes by George Eliot

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

— George Eliot

A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger.

— George Eliot

But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope?

— George Eliot

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

— George Eliot

Particular lies may speak a general truth.

— George Eliot

There's truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it's truth worth my knowing, is…

— George Eliot

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

— George Eliot

Fatally powerful as religious systems have been, human nature is stronger and wider, and though dogmas may hamper they cannot absolutely repress…

— George Eliot

Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a…

— George Eliot

You may try — but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's force of genius in you, and…

— George Eliot

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said…

— George Eliot

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

— George Eliot

Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs.

— George Eliot

May I reach That purest heaven - be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony; Enkindle generous ardor,…

— George Eliot

When the animals entered the Ark in pairs, one may imagine that allied species made much private remark on each other, and…

— George Eliot

My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which…

— George Eliot

Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque…

— George Eliot

A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some spot of a native land, where it may get the love…

— George Eliot

But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be…

— George Eliot

Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de…

— George Eliot

But what we strive to gratify, though we may call it a distant hope, is an immediate desire; the future estate for…

— George Eliot

May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one…

— George Eliot

Lord! Thou art with Thy people still; they see Thee in the night-watches, and their hearts burn within them as Thou talkest…

— George Eliot

Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The…

— George Eliot

O may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again in minds made better by their presence; live…

— George Eliot

Marriage is so unlike everything else. There is something even awful in the nearness it brings. Even if we loved someone else…

— George Eliot

I've seen pretty clear, ever since I was a young un, as religion's something else besides notions. It isn't notions sets people…

— George Eliot

A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some area of native land where it may get the love of…

— George Eliot

Given, a man with moderate intellect, a moral standard not higher than the average, some rhetorical affluence and a great glibness of…

— George Eliot

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice,…

— George Eliot

Man may content himself with the applause of the world and the homage paid to his intellect, but woman's heart has holier…

— George Eliot

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to…

— George Eliot

Imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with…

— George Eliot

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be…

— George Eliot

Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence.

— George Eliot

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either of two contradictories

— George Eliot

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and…

— George Eliot

Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may…

— George Eliot

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and…

— George Eliot

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.

— George Eliot