1,496 Quotes by George Eliot

Say “I love you” to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.

Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts, not to hurt others.

Blows are sarcasm's turned stupid.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life? They are there to strengthen each other and to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it.

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

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting.