Satan was a blunderer ... who made a stupendous failure. If he had succeeded, we should all have been worshipping him, and his portrait would have been more flattering. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. George Eliot learningsadnesshope No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. George Eliot trustfriendshipcharacter I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. George Eliot musicideasthinking Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing. George Eliot letterswritinglife The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day. George Eliot journeyyearsthinking But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. George Eliot live-lifepainhope How oft review; each finding, like a friend, Something to blame, and something to commend. George Eliot reviewsfindingsblame It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. George Eliot flowerraininspirational I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. George Eliot valentines-daylovelife It's never too late to be who you were meant to be. George Eliot goalsuccessfultoo-late The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. George Eliot workmotivationalinspirational Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. George Eliot smilehappinessfriendship Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it. George Eliot positiveintegritycharacter We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it. George Eliot childhoodearthchildren How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice. George Eliot voicedarkrivers Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. George Eliot objectivityvisionself The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity. George Eliot pitylipsdivine It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog. George Eliot fogfightingignorance Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. George Eliot mothers-dayparentingmom The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot language-wordssimplewriting
