1,496 Quotes by George Eliot

I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.

... when one's outward lot is perfect, the sense of inward imperfection is the more pressing.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men

Speech is but broken light upon the depth Of the unspoken.

[It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it.

I'm not denying that women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

What courage and patience are wanted for every life that aims to produce anything!

Grant folly's prayers that hinder folly's wish, And serve the ends of wisdom.

Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows.