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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: "The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or..."
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance. George Eliot
It is the favourite stratagem of our passions to sham a retreat, and to turn sharp round upon us at the moment we have made up our minds that the day is our own. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "In poor Rosamond’s mind there was not room enough for luxuries..."
In poor Rosamond’s mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for..."
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. George Eliot
We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent into insipid misdoing and shabby achievement. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin..."
One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are..."
In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections."
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the..."
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. George Eliot
She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. George Eliot
Mr. Craig was not above talking politics occasionally, though he piqued himself rather on a wise insight than on specific information. George Eliot
Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. George Eliot
I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him..."
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "No man can begin to mould himself on a faith or an idea..."
No man can begin to mould himself on a faith or an idea without rising to a higher order of experience. George Eliot

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