Quotes by George Eliot, Middlemarch

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But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly — George Eliot, Middlemarch
People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
I never had any preference for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
If a princess in the days of enchantment had seen a four-footed creature from among those which live in herds come to he — George Eliot, Middlemarch
what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it, and so quick to feel, that disc — George Eliot, Middlemarch
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to se — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Most of us who turn to any subject with love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Everybody liked better to conjecture how the thing was, than simply to know it; for conjecture soon became more confiden — George Eliot, Middlemarch
I cannot imagine myself without some opinion, but I wish to have good reasons for them. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjo — George Eliot, Middlemarch
When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor w — George Eliot, Middlemarch
The fact is unalterable, that a fellow-mortal with whose nature you are acquainted solely through the brief entrances an — George Eliot, Middlemarch
And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities. — George Eliot, Middlemarch
Young love-making--that gossamer web! Even the points it clings to--the things whence its subtle interlacing are swung-- — George Eliot, Middlemarch