Quotes by : George Eliot

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to....

What makes life dreary is want of motive.

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

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

Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar and what we have been makes us what we are.

Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked....