There are natures in which, if they love us, we are conscious of having a sort of baptism and consecration. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot She was no longer wrestling with the grief, George Eliot sad grief wrestling I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly. George Eliot women be-good men Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? George Eliot nonsense rage sometimes Don't judge a book by its cover George Eliot haste-makes-waste judging book Many an irritating fault, many an unlovely oddity, has come of a hard sorrow. George Eliot oddities faults sorrow I'm not one of those that can see the cat in the dairy and wonder what she's there for. George Eliot dairy cat wonder I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief. George Eliot atheism belief ideas A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones. George Eliot dark men fall If troubles were put up to market, I'd sooner buy old than new. It's something to have seen the worst. George Eliot worst trouble ifs Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat. George Eliot heat force motherhood Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows. George Eliot shadow dying long [It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it. George Eliot venting easier emotion For character too is a process and an unfoldingamong our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protruberent there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations? George Eliot self mind character Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them. George Eliot scales rocks determination You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another. George Eliot husband said men Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning. George Eliot kingdoms justice facts I found it better for my soul to be humble before the mysteries o' God's dealings, and not be making a clatter about what I could never understand. George Eliot soul humble god We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly. George Eliot sin judging secret It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the withered tree. George Eliot cutting grief spring Particular lies may speak a general truth. George Eliot speak may lying
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