George Eliot Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)
George Eliot quotes and sayings page 7 (deceased author born on Nov 22, 1819). Here's quote # 61 through 70 out of the 128 we have for her.
“The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.”
“Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.”
“There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.”
“When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.”
“Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.”
“Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.”
“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.”
“But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.”
“In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.”
“No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.”
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