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George Eliot Quotes

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry Picture Quote #1

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment Picture Quote #1

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy Picture Quote #1

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure Picture Quote #1

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love Picture Quote #1

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence Picture Quote #1

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations Picture Quote #1

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? Picture Quote #1

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old Picture Quote #1

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them Picture Quote #1

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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart Picture Quote #1

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar Picture Quote #1

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions Picture Quote #1

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory Picture Quote #1

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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism Picture Quote #1

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows Picture Quote #1

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything Picture Quote #1

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity Picture Quote #1

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together Picture Quote #1

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us Picture Quote #1

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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are Picture Quote #1

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men Picture Quote #1

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best Picture Quote #1

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it Picture Quote #1

Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs Picture Quote #1

I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning Picture Quote #1

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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry (George Eliot Quotes) And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment (George Eliot Quotes) But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy (George Eliot Quotes) Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure (George Eliot Quotes) For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love (George Eliot Quotes) I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out (George Eliot Quotes) 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 (George Eliot Quotes) If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence (George Eliot Quotes) In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations (George Eliot Quotes) Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? (George Eliot Quotes) It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old (George Eliot Quotes) It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them (George Eliot Quotes) Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart (George Eliot Quotes) Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar (George Eliot Quotes) Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive (George Eliot Quotes) 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 (George Eliot Quotes) The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions (George Eliot Quotes) The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory (George Eliot Quotes) There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism (George Eliot Quotes) There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows (George Eliot Quotes) We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything (George Eliot Quotes) When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity (George Eliot Quotes) Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together (George Eliot Quotes) More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us (George Eliot Quotes) Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are (George Eliot Quotes) The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men (George Eliot Quotes) The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best (George Eliot Quotes) Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it (George Eliot Quotes) Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs (George Eliot Quotes) I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning (George Eliot Quotes)

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