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George Eliot Quotes

When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window Picture Quote #1

All who remember their childhood remember the strange vague sense, when some new experience came, that everything else was going to be changed, and that there would be no lapse into the old monotony Picture Quote #1

The mind that is too ready at contempt and reprobation is, I may say, as a clenched fist that can give blows, but is shut up from receiving and holding ought that is precious Picture Quote #1

Human longings are perversely obstinate; and to the man whose mouth is watering for a peach, it is of no use to offer the largest vegetable marrow Picture Quote #1

To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner’s dock is disgrace Picture Quote #1

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Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blind incredulous rage at the reversal of their lot, and half believe that their wild cries will alter the course of the storm Picture Quote #1

They say fortune is a woman and capricious. But sometimes she is a good woman, and gives to those who merit Picture Quote #1

When gratitude has become a matter of reasoning there are many ways of escaping from its bonds Picture Quote #1

I’d sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It’s better to know one’s robbed than to think one’s going to be murdered Picture Quote #1

The worst of all hobbies are those that people think they can get money at. They shoot their money down like corn out of a sack then Picture Quote #1

The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity Picture Quote #1

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You must learn to deal with the odd and even in life, as well as in figures Picture Quote #1

So our lives glide on: the river ends we don’t know where, and the sea begins, and then there is no more jumping ashore Picture Quote #1

We look at the one little woman’s face we love, as we look at the face of our mother earth, and see all sorts of answers to our own yearnings Picture Quote #1

Things don’t happen because they’re bad or good, else all eggs would be addled or none at all, and at the most it is but six to the dozen. There’s good chances and bad chances, and nobody’s luck is pulled only by one string Picture Quote #1

In the love of a brave and faithful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness; he gives out again those beams of protecting fondness which were shed on him as he lay on his mother’s knee Picture Quote #1

Nature has her language, and she is not unveracious; but we don’t know all the intricacies of her syntax just yet, and in a hasty reading we may happen to extract the very opposite of her real meaning Picture Quote #1

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Old men’s eyes are like old men’s memories; they are strongest for things a long way off Picture Quote #1

When we are suddenly released from an acute absorbing bodily pain, our heart and senses leap out in new freedom; we think even the noise of streets harmonious, and are ready to hug the tradesman who is wrapping up our change Picture Quote #1

There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us... like a fire kindled within our being to which everything else in us is mere fuel Picture Quote #1

Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been Picture Quote #1

We mustn’t be in a hurry to fix and choose our own lot; we must wait to be guided Picture Quote #1

There is no compensation for the woman who feels that the chief relation of her life has been no more than a mistake. She has lost her crown. The deepest secret of human blessedness has half whispered itself to her, and then forever passed her by Picture Quote #1

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Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin? Picture Quote #1

There’s truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it’s truth worth my knowing, is another question Picture Quote #1

I don’t see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly Picture Quote #1

Every man’s work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life Picture Quote #1

An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth Picture Quote #1

History, we know, is apt to repeat itself, and to foist very old incidents upon us with only a slight change of costume Picture Quote #1

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When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window (George Eliot Quotes) All who remember their childhood remember the strange vague sense, when some new experience came, that everything else was going to be changed, and that there would be no lapse into the old monotony (George Eliot Quotes) The mind that is too ready at contempt and reprobation is, I may say, as a clenched fist that can give blows, but is shut up from receiving and holding ought that is precious (George Eliot Quotes) Human longings are perversely obstinate; and to the man whose mouth is watering for a peach, it is of no use to offer the largest vegetable marrow (George Eliot Quotes) To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner’s dock is disgrace (George Eliot Quotes) Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning (George Eliot Quotes) Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blind incredulous rage at the reversal of their lot, and half believe that their wild cries will alter the course of the storm (George Eliot Quotes) They say fortune is a woman and capricious. But sometimes she is a good woman, and gives to those who merit (George Eliot Quotes) When gratitude has become a matter of reasoning there are many ways of escaping from its bonds (George Eliot Quotes) I’d sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It’s better to know one’s robbed than to think one’s going to be murdered (George Eliot Quotes) The worst of all hobbies are those that people think they can get money at. They shoot their money down like corn out of a sack then (George Eliot Quotes) The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity (George Eliot Quotes) You must learn to deal with the odd and even in life, as well as in figures (George Eliot Quotes) So our lives glide on: the river ends we don’t know where, and the sea begins, and then there is no more jumping ashore (George Eliot Quotes) We look at the one little woman’s face we love, as we look at the face of our mother earth, and see all sorts of answers to our own yearnings (George Eliot Quotes) Things don’t happen because they’re bad or good, else all eggs would be addled or none at all, and at the most it is but six to the dozen. There’s good chances and bad chances, and nobody’s luck is pulled only by one string (George Eliot Quotes) In the love of a brave and faithful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness; he gives out again those beams of protecting fondness which were shed on him as he lay on his mother’s knee (George Eliot Quotes) Nature has her language, and she is not unveracious; but we don’t know all the intricacies of her syntax just yet, and in a hasty reading we may happen to extract the very opposite of her real meaning (George Eliot Quotes) Old men’s eyes are like old men’s memories; they are strongest for things a long way off (George Eliot Quotes) When we are suddenly released from an acute absorbing bodily pain, our heart and senses leap out in new freedom; we think even the noise of streets harmonious, and are ready to hug the tradesman who is wrapping up our change (George Eliot Quotes) There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us... like a fire kindled within our being to which everything else in us is mere fuel (George Eliot Quotes) Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been (George Eliot Quotes) We mustn’t be in a hurry to fix and choose our own lot; we must wait to be guided (George Eliot Quotes) There is no compensation for the woman who feels that the chief relation of her life has been no more than a mistake. She has lost her crown. The deepest secret of human blessedness has half whispered itself to her, and then forever passed her by (George Eliot Quotes) Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin? (George Eliot Quotes) There’s truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it’s truth worth my knowing, is another question (George Eliot Quotes) I don’t see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly (George Eliot Quotes) Every man’s work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life (George Eliot Quotes) An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth (George Eliot Quotes) History, we know, is apt to repeat itself, and to foist very old incidents upon us with only a slight change of costume (George Eliot Quotes)

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