All George Eliot Quotes
- It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. Action
- There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency… Blight
- But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. Call
- There are many victories worse than a defeat. Defeat
- I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. Almighty
- There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known… Absolute
- If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's… All
- Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness. Angry
- Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. Abstain
- Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking. Agreement
- One must be poor to know the luxury of giving! Charity
- And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. Concealment
- The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. Affect
- You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. Always Happen
- A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. Affection
- All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. All
- Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. Encouragement
- Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? Friends
- No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference. Compliment
- Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. Agony
- Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. Action
- Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. Acting
- In every parting there is an image of death. Death
- You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to suffer the slavery… Form
- Consequences are unpitying. Consequence