Quotes by George Eliot
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
Kisses honeyed by oblivion.
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.
We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
