George Eliot Quotes about Truth

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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.

Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.

George Eliot

Wall, Truth, Paradise

George Eliot (1863). “Romola”, p.105

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be. . . .

George Eliot

Truth, May, Knowledge Is Power

George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.2985, Delphi Classics

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

George Eliot

Truth, Literature, Easy

It is the way with half the truth amidst which we live, that it only haunts us and makes dull pulsations that are never born into sound.

George Eliot

Truth, Sound, Half

George Eliot (1863). “Romola”, p.25

The very truth hath a colour from the disposition of the utterer.

George Eliot

Truth, Disposition, Colour

George Eliot (2016). “Felix Holt ,The Radical”, p.469, George Eliot

Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change - only to give stability to one beautiful moment.

George Eliot

Beautiful, Truth, Giving

George Eliot (2016). “Daniel Deronda”, p.133, George Eliot