Famous George Eliot Quotes

  • Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness. – George Eliot

    Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.– George Eliot

  • Animals are such agreeable friends-•they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Eliot

    Animals are such agreeable friends-•they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.– George Eliot

  • My life is too short, and God’s work is too great for me to think of making a home for myself in this world. – George Eliot

    My life is too short, and God’s work is too great for me to think of making a home for myself in this world.– George Eliot

  • People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. – George Eliot

    People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.– George Eliot

  • But I hasten to finish my story. Brevity is justified at once to those who readily understand, and to those who will never understand. – George Eliot

    But I hasten to finish my story. Brevity is justified at once to those who readily understand, and to those who will never understand.– George Eliot

  • A man’s mind must be continually expanding and shrinking between the whole human horizon and the horizon of an object-glass. – George Eliot

    A man’s mind must be continually expanding and shrinking between the whole human horizon and the horizon of an object-glass.– George Eliot

  • Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity. – George Eliot

    Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.– George Eliot

  • You must mind and not lower the Church in people’s eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing. – George Eliot

    You must mind and not lower the Church in people’s eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.– George Eliot

  • It’s easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient. – George Eliot

    It’s easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.– George Eliot

  • For we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them. – George Eliot

    For we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them.– George Eliot