Deeds are the pulse of Time, his beating life, And righteous or unrighteous, being done, Must throb in after-throbs till Time itself Be laid in stillness, and the universe Quiver and breathe upon no mirror more. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others. George Eliot pridehurthelping Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses. George Eliot magnifying-glassmagnifyingglasses A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life and death easily set at nought. George Eliot life-and-deathlikesmen Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity. George Eliot simplicityconsciousnessself Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness. George Eliot recklessnessinfatuationmen Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals. George Eliot mistakeanimalmen It’s rather a strong check to one’s self-complacency to find how much of one’s right doing depends on not being in want of money. George Eliot strongtemptationself The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. George Eliot naturechangebelieve I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself. George Eliot masterydifferentambition 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 bachelorsfeetmean Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with. George Eliot truth-ishardestthinking 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 depthfeelingsaverage But if Maggie had been that young lady, you would probably have known nothing about her: her life would have had so few vicissitudes that it could hardly have been written; for the happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. George Eliot maggievicissitudesyoung Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do. George Eliot cuttingbodycharacter We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering. George Eliot silencegriefsuffering I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them.' 'The time will come, dear, the time will come. George Eliot dearhatepeople A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts." —WORDSWORTH. George Eliot earthmenchildren 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 arrivingminddesire Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings. George Eliot forbidden-loveperfectrelation Nature repairs her ravages, but not all. The uptorn trees are not rooted again; the parted hills are left scarred; if there is a new growth, the trees are not the same as the old, and the hills underneath their green vesture bear the marks of the past rending. To the eyes that have dwelt on the past, there is no thorough repair. George Eliot natureeyepast
