Quotes by George Eliot, Adam Bede

Explore a curated collection of 40 quotes by George Eliot, Adam Bede. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in — George Eliot, Adam Bede
It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine — George Eliot, Adam Bede
There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy du — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Yes! Thank God; human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty—it flows with — George Eliot, Adam Bede
A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
A pretty building I'm making, without either bricks or timber. I'm up i' the garret a'ready, and haven't so much as dug — George Eliot, Adam Bede
In bed our yesterdays are too oppressive: if a man can only get up, though it be but to whistle or to smoke, he has a pr — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Bodily haste and exertion usually leave our thoughts very much at the mercy of our feelings and imagination. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Even when she was speaking, her soul was in prayer reposing on an unseen support. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me com — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own — George Eliot, Adam Bede
When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is — George Eliot, Adam Bede
She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
She hates everything that is not what she longs for. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Those slight words and looks and touches are part of the soul's language; and the finest language, I believe, is chiefly — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
We are overhasty to speak as if God did not manifest himself by our silent feeling, and make his love felt through ours. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's — George Eliot, Adam Bede