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 I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money. George Eliot writing giving book Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot wisdom education inspirational The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. George Eliot responsibility power teacher Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. George Eliot journey integrity travel Your trouble's easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you. George Eliot trouble easy giving It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine--something like being blind, while people talk of the sky. George Eliot sky people art What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind - the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship. George Eliot faith cute friendship When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot wisdom peace life Consequences are unpitying. George Eliot consequence You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable. George Eliot command argument strong The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families. George Eliot rich accepting gout Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness. George Eliot deeds may children Life is so complicated a game that the devices of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down. George Eliot air games life It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner. George Eliot holes pockets use Correct English is the slang of prigs. George Eliot slang language Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot jealousy anger love Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. George Eliot family littles children Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. George Eliot jealousy heart relationship There are many victories worse than a defeat. George Eliot fearless winning sports If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. George Eliot squirrels heart history
