George Eliot

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are…

There are many victories worse than a defeat…

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest…

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing…

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not…

In every parting there is an image of death…

I’m not denyin’ the women are foolish. God Almighty made ’em to match the men…

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect…

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty…

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and…

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved…

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man…

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline…

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough…

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves…