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George Eliot Quotes

George Eliot quotes

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

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George Eliot quote: "Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure."
Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure. George Eliot
In my opinion," said Lydgate, "legal training only makes a man more incompetent in questions that require knowledge of another kind. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human..."
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "I've always mistrusted that sort o' learning as leaves folks..."
I've always mistrusted that sort o' learning as leaves folks foolish and unreasonable about business. 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
George Eliot quote: "the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of..."
the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of the savage. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "In every parting there is an image of death."
In every parting there is an image of death. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted."
It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "A kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a..."
A kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a little gum or starch in the form of tradition. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its..."
The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear..."
We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an..."
A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make..."
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. George Eliot
To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it, and so quick to feel, that discernment is but a hand playing with finely-ordered variety on the chords of emotion--a soul in which knowledge passes instantaneously into feeling, and feeling flashes back as a new organ of knowledge. George Eliot
A child, more than all other gifts. That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts." George Eliot

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