Author: George Eliot

Quotes

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

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

- 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

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

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

- George Eliot

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

- 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

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

- 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

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

- George Eliot

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