Quotes about George eliot

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Adventure is not outside man — it is within.
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.
If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally. — George Eliot
It would be narrowness to suppose that an artist can only care for the impressions of those who know the methods of his — Gordon S. Haight, Selections from George Eliot's Letters
Pride helps us — and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.
More than anything, I began to hate women writers. Frances Burney, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Browning, Mary Shelley, George — Catherine Lowell, The Madwoman Upstairs
I am not imposed upon by fine words — I can see what actions mean.
Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug — but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.
There's no work so tirin' as danglin' about an' starin' an' not rightly knowin' what you're goin' to do next — and keepin' your face i' smilin' order like a grocer o' market-day for fear people shouldna think you civil enough.
The tragedy of Hetty is a ‘collide’26 between the free will and male dominant society or nobility27 or religion. If her — M.K. Bhutta
The tragedy of Hetty is a ‘collide’ between the free will and male dominant society or nobility or religion. If her cond — M.K. Bhutta
The days were longer then (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and th — George Eliot