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Him Quotes by George Eliot
- Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be;…
- For years after Lydgate remembered the impression produced in him by this involuntary appeal-this cry from soul to soul, without other consciousness than their moving…
- It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid.
- It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a person's death consecrates him or her anew to us. It is…
- But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him…
- Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is…
- Some gentlemen have made an amazing figure in literature by general discontent with the universe as a trap of dulness into which their great souls…
- 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…
- The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
- How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances No more than he can be satisfied with his…
- Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
- Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.
- That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
- For my part I am very sorry for him. It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet…
- Her heart went out to him with a stronger movement than ever, at the thought that people would blame him. Maggie hated blame; she had…
- He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
- How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? No more than he can be satisfied with his…
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