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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: "Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous."
Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like."
I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities."
Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities. 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
George Eliot quote: "People are almost always better than their neighbors think..."
People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Delicious Autumn!"
Delicious Autumn! George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "but very little achievement is required in order to pity..."
but very little achievement is required in order to pity another man's shortcomings. George Eliot
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "If a man goes a little too far along a new road, it is usually..."
If a man goes a little too far along a new road, it is usually himself that he harms more than any one else. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "Our words have wings, but fly not where we would."
Our words have wings, but fly not where we would. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and..."
We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and call things by the same names as other people call them by. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward..."
He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to..."
She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery. George Eliot
George Eliot quote: "But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that..."
But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last. George Eliot
When a tender affection has been storing otself in us through many of our years, the idea that we could accept any exchange for it seems to be a cheapening of our lives. And we can set a watch over our affections and our constancy as we can over other treasures. George Eliot

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