It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
GEORGE ELIOTAppearances have very little to do with happiness.
GEORGE ELIOTConsequences are unpitying.
GEORGE ELIOTOur deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
GEORGE ELIOTWe are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
GEORGE ELIOTthere are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don’t understand; and the other is, to tell them what they’re used to.
GEORGE ELIOTOne must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
GEORGE ELIOTI flutter all ways, and fly in none.
GEORGE ELIOTIn travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
GEORGE ELIOTDo we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
GEORGE ELIOTMy own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.
GEORGE ELIOTTrouble’s made us kin.
GEORGE ELIOTThe strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
GEORGE ELIOTJoy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
GEORGE ELIOTA patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
GEORGE ELIOTThe best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
GEORGE ELIOT