I could not without vile hypocrisy and a miserable truckling to the smile of the world ... profess to join in worship which I wholly disapprove. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view. George Eliot perspectiveperceptionviews Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. George Eliot painliteraturepeople Old men's eyes are like old men's memories; they are strongest for things a long way off. George Eliot eyemenmemories I've had my say out, and I shall be the' easier for't all my life. There's no pleasure i' living, if you're to be corked up forever, and only dribble your mind out by the sly, like a leaky barrel. George Eliot opinionmindforever Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence. George Eliot new-yearsuccesssports Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending. George Eliot wellslimits My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy. George Eliot compassionsufferingjoy I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like. George Eliot dislikethinking These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of. George Eliot jewelrycolorjewels The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness. George Eliot starslightnight I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. George Eliot futuretiespast And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. George Eliot middlemarchcoursesmen It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks. George Eliot woodsflowerinspirational A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. George Eliot true-friendbest-friendfriendship There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot inspiringinspirationallife To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath. George Eliot mindinspirationalmen Of new acquaintances one can never be sure because one likes them one day that it will be so the next. Of old friends one is sure that it will be the same yesterday, today, and forever. George Eliot friendsyesterdayforever There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten. George Eliot infidelitydeceitdeception In bed our yesterdays are too oppressive: if a man can only get up, though it be but to whistle or to smoke, he has a present which offers some resistance to the past—sensations which assert themselves against tyrannous memories. George Eliot menmemoriespast The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities. George Eliot hopefuleggsbeauty
