George Eliot Quotes About Judgment

• It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

  George Eliot

  Forgiveness, Too Much, Judgment

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.704, Wordsworth Editions

• The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

  George Eliot

  Lying, Responsibility, Tolerance

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1282, Wordsworth Editions

• A perverted moral judgment belongs to the dogmatic system.

  George Eliot

  Atheism, Moral, Judgment

• Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

  George Eliot

  Selfish, Sacrifice, Judgment

  George Eliot (2004). “Silas Marner (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.110, Sparklesoup LLC

• ... goodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to retire into extreme privacy, so that it is more easily believed in by those who construct a selfish old gentleman theoretically, than by those who form the narrower judgments based on his personal acquaintance.

  George Eliot

  Selfish, Gentleman, Vices

  George Eliot (1873). “Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. By George Eliot ....”, p.354

• We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the process by which results are arrived at.

  George Eliot

  Knowing, Judging, Judgment

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1275, Wordsworth Editions

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