All George Eliot Quotes
- But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love.… Any
- Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can never do anything… Action
- There is heroism even in the circles of hell for fellow-sinners who cling to each other in the fiery whirlwind and never recriminate. Circles
- The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them. Genius
- Husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order, Class
- The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. Absorbing
- Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw, Like not to go off hungry, leaving Love To feast on milk and… Anger
- A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger. Anger
- Beauty is part of the finished language by which goodness speaks. Beauty
- Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow. Childhood
- There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten. Begotten
- The dew-bead Gem of earth and sky begotten. Bead
- Mysterious haunts of echoes old and far, The voice divine of human loyalty. Divine
- A girl of eighteen imagines the feelings behind the face that has moved her with its sympathetic youth as easily as primitive people imagined the… Behind
- What furniture can give such finish to a room as a tender woman's face? And is there any harmony of tints that has such stirring… Any
- There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots. Blame
- We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger. Apt
- The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea. Creature
- In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure Betimes
- How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne… Choice
- All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her stars; 'Twixt the east and western bars Round they journey, Come… Afternoon
- That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing. All
- Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness. Brood
- Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words. Affected
- Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs. Barren