Author: George Eliot

Quotes

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

- 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

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

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

- 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

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

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

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

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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