It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. George Eliot
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another. George Eliot
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music. George Eliot
Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. George Eliot
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. George Eliot
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. George Eliot
There are many victories worse than a defeat. George Eliot
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. George Eliot
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. George Eliot
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. George Eliot
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. George Eliot
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. George Eliot
Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and unhappy men to live calmly. George Eliot
It’s them as take advantage that get advantage i’ this world. George Eliot (Adam Bede)
We are all humiliated by the sudden discovery of a fact which has existed very comfortably and perhaps been staring at us in private while we have been making up our world entirely without it. George Eliot
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot
Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life. Everything else one can turn and turn about, and make old look like new; but there’s no coaxing boots and shoes to look better than they are. George Eliot
Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarrelled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? George Eliot
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. George Eliot
What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. George Eliot
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. George Eliot
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
Necessity does the work of courage. George Eliot
Those who trust us educate us. George Eliot