George Eliot Quotes

1K quotes · Novelist, Poet, Journalist

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George Eliot Quotes

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George Eliot

Novelist, Poet, Journalist

Thoughtful

“Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of mental make in which one of us differs from another.”

Vanity Noses Minutiae

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George Eliot

Novelist, Poet, Journalist

Courageous

“We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.”

Pain Jesus Prayer

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Love

“Love supreme defies all sophistry.”

Love Supreme

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Wise

“In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.”

Wisdom Happiness

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Angry

“That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.”

Men Wise Wife

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Love

“It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.”

Women Opposites Memorable

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Melancholic

“There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.”

Men Joy Forever

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Courageous

“Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness.”

Wish Secret Darkness

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Love

“The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.”

Happiness Freedom Relationship

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Spiritual

“Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.”

Life Spiritual Excellence

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Philosophical

“Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.”

Party Literature Cabinets

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Melancholic

“It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.”

Strong Circumstances Remains

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