George Eliot Short Quotes

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Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

George Eliot
Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.

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Genius... is necessarily intolerant of fetters...

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Blameless people are always the most exasperating.

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Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

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The presence of Nature in all her awful loveliness.

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Men and women are but children of a larger growth...

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It is one thing to see your road, another to cut it.

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A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.

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Worldly faces, never look so worldly as at a funeral.

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Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.

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There's many a good bit o' work done with a sad heart.

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Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

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He who rules
Must humour full as much as he commands...

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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

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The stars are golden fruit upon a tree All out of reach.

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And the intensest form of hatred is that rooted in fear.

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Hatred is like fire—it makes even light rubbish deadly.

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Come in, Adam, and rest; it has been a hard day for thee.

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Receptiveness is a rare and massive power, like fortitude.

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It is a very good quality in a man to have a trout-stream.

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Net the large fish and you are sure to have the small fry.

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Biographies generally are a disease of English literature.

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Might, could, would — they are contemptible auxiliaries.

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Bad literature of the sort called amusing is spiritual gin.

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Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.

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We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

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We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.

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It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

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Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.

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