All 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
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I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.
George Eliot
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The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
George Eliot
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
George Eliot
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
George Eliot
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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
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He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
George Eliot
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.
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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.
George Eliot
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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
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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.
George Eliot
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
George Eliot
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Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
George Eliot
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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
George Eliot
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