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George Eliot Quotes

George Eliot quotes

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

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A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow. George Eliot
I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is. George Eliot
Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments, some of them woefully coarse, feeble, or out of tune, until people are in danger of crying out that the melody itself is detestable. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "One’s self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which..."
One’s self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated. George Eliot
It was one of those dangerous moments when speech is at once sincere and deceptive - when feeling, rising high above its average depth, leaves flood-marks which are never reached again. George Eliot
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. 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. George Eliot
Yes, but not my style of woman: I like a woman who lays herself out a little more to please us. There should be a little filigree about a woman--something of the coquette. A man likes a sort of challenge. The more of a dead set she makes at you the better. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one..."
All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "It always remains true that if we had been greater,..."
It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us. George Eliot
What business has an old bachelor like that to marry?' said Sir James. 'He has one foot in the grave.' 'He means to draw it out again, I suppose. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "But, for the point of wisdom, I would choose / To know the..."
But, for the point of wisdom, I would choose / To know the mind that stirs between the wings / Of bees... George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small..."
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the..."
The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the..."
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. George Eliot

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