An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
George Eliot
Braying Ass, Shakes Stars, Good While, Stars, Bray, While
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Foxes Interest | Diffusive Effect | Chasms | Struggling Perception | Creep Coast | Lawlessness Control | Love’s Deception | Soulful Sanctuary | Queen Truth | Fog | Praise | Marriage Solitude | Unconditional Devotion | Society | Chilling Opinion | Peculiar Temptations | Intricate Syntax | Visible Past | Luck’s Power | Honesty | More
More George Eliot Quotes
“Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!” George Eliot
Perspective, Life, View, Suffering, Art, Perception
George Eliot Perspective, Life, View, Suffering, Art, Perception“I would not creep along the coast but steer out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.” George Eliot
Guidance Stars, Mid-Sea Steer, Creep Coast, Stars, Steer, Coast
George Eliot Guidance Stars, Mid-Sea Steer, Creep Coast, Stars, Steer, Coast“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.” George Eliot
Humor, Relationships, Taste, Compatibility, Affection, Tension
George Eliot Humor, Relationships, Taste, Compatibility, Affection, Tension“In high vengeance there is noble scorn.” George Eliot
High Vengeance, Noble Scorn, Elevated Justice, Vengeance, Scorn, Justice
George Eliot High Vengeance, Noble Scorn, Elevated Justice, Vengeance, Scorn, Justice“You know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried the cup of disappointment, whereas it is her deadly enemy, Certainty, whom she only es.” George Eliot
Immortal Hope, Deadly Enemy, Delicious Maiden, Hope, Enemy, Maiden
George Eliot Immortal Hope, Deadly Enemy, Delicious Maiden, Hope, Enemy, Maiden“Meanwhile the indefiniteness remains, and the limits of variation are really much wider than any one would imagine from the sameness of women’s coiffure and the favorite love-stories in prose and verse.” George Eliot
Indefiniteness Limits, Variation Sameness, Women’s Coiffure, Variation, Coiffure, Stories
George Eliot Indefiniteness Limits, Variation Sameness, Women’s Coiffure, Variation, Coiffure, Stories“Receptiveness is a rare and massive power, like fortitude.” George Eliot
Receptiveness, Strength, Power, Resilience, Wisdom, Open-mindedness
George Eliot Receptiveness, Strength, Power, Resilience, Wisdom, Open-mindedness“Her own misery filled her heart – there was no room in it for other people’s sorrow.” George Eliot
Personal Misery, Heartache, Emotional Limits, Misery, Heartache, Limits
George Eliot Personal Misery, Heartache, Emotional Limits, Misery, Heartache, Limits“If we could hear the squirrel’s heartbeat, the sound of the grass growing, we should die of that roar.” George Eliot
Squirrel Heartbeat, Grass Growing, Roar Sound, Heartbeat, Grass, Roar
George Eliot Squirrel Heartbeat, Grass Growing, Roar Sound, Heartbeat, Grass, Roar“The best part of a woman’s love is worship; but it is hard to her to be sent away with her precious spikenard rejected, and her long tresses, too, that were let fall, ready to soothe the wearied feet.” George Eliot
Woman’s Love, Precious Spikenard, Worship Hard, Love, Spikenard, Worship
George Eliot Woman’s Love, Precious Spikenard, Worship Hard, Love, Spikenard, Worship“Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.” George Eliot
Human Feeling, Resisting Force, Beauty’s Flow, Feeling, Force, Beauty
George Eliot Human Feeling, Resisting Force, Beauty’s Flow, Feeling, Force, Beauty“No man can begin to mould himself on a faith or an idea without rising to a higher order of experience.” George Eliot
Faith Growth, Higher Experience, Personal Development, Faith, Growth, Development
George Eliot Faith Growth, Higher Experience, Personal Development, Faith, Growth, Development“Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.” George Eliot
Distinct Ideas, Harold Impressions, Saved Trouble, Ideas, Impressions, Trouble
George Eliot Distinct Ideas, Harold Impressions, Saved Trouble, Ideas, Impressions, Trouble“It must be sad to outlive aught we love.” George Eliot
Outlive Love, Loss Of Affection, Grief Of Longevity, Love, Affection, Longevity
George Eliot Outlive Love, Loss Of Affection, Grief Of Longevity, Love, Affection, Longevity“The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.” George Eliot
Troublesome Family, Wits And Idiots, Family Roles, Family, Roles, Wits
George Eliot Troublesome Family, Wits And Idiots, Family Roles, Family, Roles, Wits“The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.” George Eliot
Body Pride, Soul Purification, Spiritual Barrier, Pride, Soul, Barrier
George Eliot Body Pride, Soul Purification, Spiritual Barrier, Pride, Soul, Barrier“A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when he sees a camel.” George Eliot
Superstition Belief, Traditional Beliefs, Superstitious Instinct, Belief, Beliefs, Instinct
George Eliot Superstition Belief, Traditional Beliefs, Superstitious Instinct, Belief, Beliefs, Instinct“Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another.” George Eliot
Soul Complexions, Individual Fit, Different Needs, Souls, Fit, Needs
George Eliot Soul Complexions, Individual Fit, Different Needs, Souls, Fit, Needs