1,496 Quotes by George Eliot

A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.

The commonest man, who has his ounce of sense and feeling, is conscious of the difference between a lovely, delicate woman and a coarse one. Even a dog feels a difference in her presence.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?

... the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading.

The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.

A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.

Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness...

Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio

I am feeling easy now, and you will well understand that after undergoing pain this ease is opening paradise. Invalids must be excused for being eloquent about themselves.