George Eliot quotes - page 18

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence. (George Eliot)
The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in ways that we are unable to devise for them. View quote
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Character,' says Novalis, in one of his questionable aphorisms character is destiny. View quote
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We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us. View quote
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There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots. View quote
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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, and flows by the path of obedience. View quote
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I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning. View quote
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If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner. View quote
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Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin? View quote
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A maggot must be born i the rotten cheese to like it. View quote
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Speech is but broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken. (George Eliot)
I can't bear fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour after hour--or else throwing and throwing, and catching nothing. View quote
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He who rules must humor full as much as he commands. View quote
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To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise. View quote
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In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little. View quote
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Mens men gentle or simple, theyre much of a muchness. View quote
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Blows are sarcasms turned stupid. View quote
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There are glances of hatred that stab, and raise no cry of murder. View quote
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Wise books For half the truths they hold are honored tombs. View quote
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Music sweeps by me as a messenger - Carrying a message that is not for me. View quote
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So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. (George Eliot)
If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place. View quote
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It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism. View quote
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This is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's got a finger in it. View quote
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To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. View quote
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