We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves. 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 writinggivingbook Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot wisdomeducationinspirational The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. George Eliot responsibilitypowerteacher Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. George Eliot journeyintegritytravel Your trouble's easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you. George Eliot troubleeasygiving 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 skypeopleart 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 faithcutefriendship When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot wisdompeacelife Consequences are unpitying. George Eliot consequence You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable. George Eliot commandargumentstrong The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families. George Eliot richacceptinggout 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 deedsmaychildren 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 airgameslife It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner. George Eliot holespocketsuse Correct English is the slang of prigs. George Eliot slanglanguage Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot jealousyangerlove Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. George Eliot familylittleschildren Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. George Eliot jealousyheartrelationship There are many victories worse than a defeat. George Eliot fearlesswinningsports 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 squirrelshearthistory
