George Eliot quotes

George Eliot was an English novelist, poet, and journalist, celebrated for her insightful works such as "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner." Her real name was Mary Ann Evans, and she adopted a male pen name to ensure her writings were taken seriously. She remains a towering figure in Victorian literature, known for her psychological depth and realism. Here are 538 of her quotes:

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. (George Eliot)
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. View quote
George Eliot
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? View quote
George Eliot
It is never too late to be what you might have been. View quote
George Eliot
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. View quote
George Eliot
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand - ... View quote
George Eliot
I say that the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. View quote
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. View quote
George Eliot
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. View quote
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Every man who is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other. View quote
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. (George Eliot)
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. View quote
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I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. View quote
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The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. View quote
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I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. View quote
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Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. View quote
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Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. View quote
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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. View quote
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Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. View quote
George Eliot
Adventure is not outside man; it is within. View quote
George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. (George Eliot)
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. View quote
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All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. View quote
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? View quote
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. View quote
George Eliot