Author: George Eliot

Quotes

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

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

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

- 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

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

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.

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

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

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

- 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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