Author: George Eliot

Quotes

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

- George Eliot

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

- George Eliot

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

- George Eliot

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

- George Eliot

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

- George Eliot

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

- George Eliot

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

- George Eliot

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

- George Eliot

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

- George Eliot

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