George Eliot Quotes

• It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.

  George Eliot

  Too Late, Never Too Late, Late

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• College mostly makes people like bladders-just good for nothing but t'hold the stuff as is poured into 'em.

  George Eliot

  Education, College, People

  George Eliot (1859). “Adam Bede”, p.143, London

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• In high vengeance there is noble scorn.

  George Eliot

  Noble, Vengeance, Scorn

  GEORGE ELIOT (1868). “THE SPANISH GYPSY”, p.249

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• Man cannot choose his duties.

  George Eliot

  Men, Duty

  George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.157

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• You are discontented with the world because you can't get just the small things that suit your pleasure, not because it's a world where myriads of men and women are ground by wrong and misery, and tainted with pollution.

  George Eliot

  Men, World, Suits

  George Eliot (1866). “Felix Holt: The Radical”, p.53

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• What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

  George Eliot

  Happiness, Smile, Wise

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  What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

  "Janet's Repentance". Story by George Eliot, Chapter 25. "Scenes of Clerical Life". Book by George Eliot, 1857.

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• I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing grave social injury.

  George Eliot

  Literature, Too Much, Injury

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• No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

  George Eliot

  Friendship, Trust, Character

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

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• Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

  George Eliot

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

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• To fear the examination of any proposition apears to me an intellectual and a moral palsy that will ever hinder the firm grasping of any substance whatever.

  George Eliot

  Fear, Intellectual, Examination

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.6448, Delphi Classics

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• It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Softball, Wise

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• It is not true that a man's intellectual power is, like the strength of a timber beam, to be measured by its weakest point.

  George Eliot

  Men, Intellectual, Intelligence

  George Eliot (2016). “Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus”, p.48, 谷月社

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• Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.

  George Eliot

  Self, Simplicity, Consciousness

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• Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

  George Eliot

  Friendship, Happiness, Smile

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• Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.

  George Eliot

  Character, Cutting, Body

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.480, Penguin

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• Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

  George Eliot

  Thinking, Truth Is, Hardest

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.256, Penguin

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• It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

  George Eliot

  Patience, Reason Why, Patient

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.445, Wordsworth Editions

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• Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

  George Eliot

  Best Friend, Friendship, Relationship

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• The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.

  George Eliot

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Time

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• Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3734, Delphi Classics

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• Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.

  George Eliot

  Music, Effort, Goes On

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1203, Wordsworth Editions

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• I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

  George Eliot

  Music, Thinking, Ideas

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.822, Delphi Classics

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• Don't judge a book by its cover

  George Eliot

  Book, Haste Makes Waste, Judging

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