George Eliot Quotes, Thoughts and images

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

Souls live on in perpetual echoes.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

After all, the true seeing is within.

It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.

A good horse makes short miles.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Appearances have very little to do with happiness.

It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

One can say everything best over a meal.

Trouble's made us kin.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.

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

One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.