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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: "I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that..."
I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now. George Eliot
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded..."
Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which..."
Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. George Eliot
Everybody liked better to conjecture how the thing was, than simply to know it; for conjecture soon became more confident than knowledge, and had a more liberal allowance for the incompatible. 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
Miss Lucy's called the bell o' St. Ogg's, they say: that's a cur'ous word,' observed Mr. Pullet, on whom the mysteries of etymology sometimes fell with an oppressive weight. George Eliot
There may be coarse hypocrites, who consciously affect beliefs and emotions for the sake of gulling the world, but Bulstrode was not one of them. He was simply a man whose desires had been stronger than his theoretic beliefs, and who had gradually explained the gratification of his desires into satisfactory agreement with those beliefs. If this be hypocrisy, it is a process which shows itself occasionally in us all.... George Eliot
If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of a Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "I should never like scolding any one else so well; and that is..."
I should never like scolding any one else so well; and that is a point to be thought of in a husband. George Eliot
Does any one suppose that private prayer is necessarily candid—necessarily goes to the roots of action? Private prayer is inaudible speech, and speech is representative: who can represent himself just as he is, even in his own reflections? George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should..."
If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from..."
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we..."
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. George Eliot
It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings? much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth. George Eliot

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