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George Eliot Quotes

George Eliot quotes about men

British Author, Writer November 22, 1819 – December 22, 1880

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We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts -- not to hurt others. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait..."
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. George Eliot
No one knew where wandering men had their homes or their origin; and how was a man to be explained unless you at least knew somebody who knew his father and mother? George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em..."
I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. George Eliot
A bit o' bread's what I like from one year's end to the other; but men's stomachs are made so comical, they want a change--they do, I know, God help 'em. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing..."
If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally. George Eliot
Three words have often been used as the trumpet-call of men - the words God, Immortality, Duty - pronounced with terrible earnestness. How inconceivable was the first, how unbelievable was the second, and yet how peremptory and absolute the third. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in..."
Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals. George Eliot
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? George Eliot
It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men’s dispositions. I suppose he has some test by which he finds out whom Heaven cares for. George Eliot
In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's. George Eliot
We are all of us denying or fulfilling prayers? and men in their careless deeds walk amidst invisible outstretched arms and pleadings made in vain. George Eliot
There are episodes in most men's lives in which their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects that fill their inward version. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Men, like planets, have both a visible and invisible history."
Men, like planets, have both a visible and invisible history. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "What right have such men to represent Christianity—as if it..."
What right have such men to represent Christianity—as if it were an institution for getting up idiots genteelly? George Eliot

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