George Eliot Quotes

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Might, could, would – they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

I like trying to get pregnant. I’m not so sure about childbirth.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.

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

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.