Famous George Eliot Quotes

  • Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. – George Eliot

    Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.– George Eliot

  • Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities. – George Eliot

    Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.– George Eliot

  • If a man has a capacity for great thoughts, he is likely to overtake them before he is decrepit. – George Eliot

    If a man has a capacity for great thoughts, he is likely to overtake them before he is decrepit.– George Eliot

  • Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle. – George Eliot

    Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle.– George Eliot

  • We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born. – George Eliot

    We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.– George Eliot

  • Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. – George Eliot

    Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.– George Eliot

  • No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. – George Eliot

    No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. – George Eliot

  • I’ve always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you. – George Eliot

    I’ve always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.– George Eliot

  • Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. – George Eliot

    Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.– George Eliot

  • She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery. – George Eliot

    She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery.– George Eliot