George Eliot Quotes

• It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.

  George Eliot

  Too Late, Never Too Late, Late

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• Blameless people are always the most exasperating.

  George Eliot

  People, Blameless

  George Eliot (2016). “Middlemarch”, p.110, Xist Publishing

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

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

  George Eliot

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

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

  George Eliot

  Believe, World, Belief

  George Eliot (1860). “The Mill on the Floss”, p.139

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• What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

  George Eliot

  Happiness, Smile, Wise

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• Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning.

  George Eliot

  Believe, Men, Make Believe

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.2794, Delphi Classics

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• It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Softball, Wise

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• The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

  "Janet's Repentance". Story by George Eliot, Chapter 25. "Scenes of Clerical Life". Book by George Eliot, 1857.

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• All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

  George Eliot

  Keys, Mystery, Wonder

  George Eliot (2006). “Daniel Deronda Volume I EasyRead Edition”, p.82, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Those who trust us educate us.

  George Eliot

  Education, Fathers Day, Teaching

  George Eliot “Daniel Deronda - Volume 2 of 2”, Lulu.com

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• Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

  George Eliot

  Wisdom, Disappointment, Memorable

  George Eliot (2006). “Silas Marner: Literary Touchstone Edition”, p.155, Prestwick House Inc

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• The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.

  George Eliot

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Time

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

  George Eliot

  Friendship, Happiness, Smile

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• What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!

  George Eliot

  Different, Metaphor, Results

  George Eliot (2016). “The Mill On The Floss”, p.163, George Eliot

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• In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.

  George Eliot

  Failure, Half, Losing

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.203, Penguin

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• I love not to be choked with other men's thoughts.

  George Eliot

  Men

  George Eliot (1873). “Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot”, p.218

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• The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sympathy

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• The sweetest of all success is that which one wins by hard exertion.

  George Eliot

  Success, Winning, Exertion

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

  George Eliot

  Love, Inspirational, Friendship

  "The New Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern". Book compiled by Tryon Edwards et al., 1960.

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• Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

  George Eliot

  Best Friend, Friendship, Relationship

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• It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.

  George Eliot

  Ignorance, Common, Hours

  George Eliot (2009). “Daniel Deronda”, p.194, Oxford Paperbacks

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• It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

  George Eliot

  Views, Perspective, Perception

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.367, Wordsworth Editions

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• Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

  George Eliot

  Ignorance, Giving, Range

  Daniel Deronda II xiii (p. 100)

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• A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

  George Eliot

  Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

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