To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot Net the large fish and you are sure to have the small fry. George Eliot fishes I will to make life less bitter for a few within my reach. George Eliot bitter Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful. George Eliot fitearthheaven If you are not proud of your cellar, there is no thrill of satisfaction in seeing your guest hold up his wineglass to the light and look judicial. George Eliot thrilllightlooks There are natures in which, if they love us, we are conscious of having a sort of baptism and consecration. George Eliot consecrationbaptismconscious When you get me a good man made out of arguments, I will get you a good dinner with reading you the cookery book. George Eliot readingmenbook ... one always believes one's own town to be more stupid than any other. George Eliot townsstupidbelieve Brothers are so unpleasant. George Eliot brother When the animals entered the Ark in pairs, one may imagine that allied species made much private remark on each other, and were tempted to think that so many forms feeding on the same store of fodder were eminently superfluous, as tending to diminish the rations. George Eliot mayanimalthinking But how little we know what would make paradise for our neighbours! We judge from our own desires, and our neighbours themselves are not always open enough even to throw out a hint of theirs. George Eliot paradisejudgingdesire Unwonted circumstances may make us all rather unlike ourselves: there are conditions under which the most majestic person is obliged to sneeze, and our emotions are liable to be acted on in the same incongruous manner. George Eliot majesticemotionmay Receptiveness is a rare and massive power, like fortitude. George Eliot massivefortitude Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all. George Eliot waveringbeliefenemy Human experience is usually paradoxical. George Eliot paradoxicalhuman-experiencehumans If you are to rule men, you must rule them through their own ideas. George Eliot ifsmenideas What courage and patience are wanted for every life that aims to produce anything! George Eliot aimproducewanted ... when one's outward lot is perfect, the sense of inward imperfection is the more pressing. George Eliot inwardimperfectionperfect He had the superficial kindness of a good-humored, self-satisfied nature, that fears no rivalry, and has encountered no contrarieties. George Eliot rivalryselfkindness In the first moments when we come away from the presence of death, every other relation to the living is merged, to our feeling, in the great relation of a common nature and a common destiny. George Eliot destinyfeelingsfirsts Men and women are but children of a larger growth. George Eliot growthmenchildren
