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Famous George Eliot Quotes
“The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.”
“To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep.”
“Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.”
“Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.”
“The very truth hath a colour from the disposition of the utterer.”
“Our thoughts are often worse than we are.”
“Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future.”
“No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.”
“It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.”
“Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so .”
“Hear Everything and judge for yourself”
“A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either of two contradictories”
“I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.”