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George Eliot Quotes - Page 4

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.81, Wordsworth Editions

All things except reason and order are possible with a mob.

George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.1594, Delphi Classics

It is one thing to see your road, another to cut it.

George Eliot (2016). “Daniel Deronda: Top Novelist Focus”, p.316, 谷月社

Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning.

George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.2794, Delphi Classics

Trouble's made us kin.

George Eliot (1862). “Adam Bede ... Tenth edition”, p.404

Steady work turns genius to a loom.

George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.3694, ShandonPress

It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.445, Wordsworth Editions

In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.

George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.203, Penguin

Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses.

George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.56, Penguin

What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!

George Eliot (2016). “The Mill On The Floss”, p.163, George Eliot

It is necessary to me, not simply to be but to utter, and I require utterance of my friends.

George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.6477, Delphi Classics

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.1911, ShandonPress

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.5886, Delphi Classics

Net the large fish and you are sure to have the small fry.

George Eliot (1869). “Silas Marner, and Scenes of Clerical Life”, p.123

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.188

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1272, Wordsworth Editions

Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.

George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.175

No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.

George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.1664, ShandonPress