1,496 Quotes by George Eliot

If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.

It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.

Each position has its corresponding duties.

People can easily take the sacred word duty as a name for what they desire any one else to do.

It is a woman's duty not to lower herself.

He has got no good red blood in his body," said Sir James."No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses," said Mrs. Cadwallader.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.

When he turned his head quickly his hair seemed to shake out light, and some persons thought they saw decided genius in this coruscation. Mr. Casaubon, on the contrary, stood rayless.