But certain winds will make men’s temper bad.
George Eliot
Bad Temper, Certain Winds, Men’s Mood, Temper, Winds, Mood
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Rejecting Certainty | Injury | Likeness Sadness | River Companion | Shared Worth | Media | Process | Country | Indefiniteness Limits | Actions | Meal Conversations | Expectation | Mental Strategy | Toddling Babies | Encouraging Spirit | Showing Mercy | Education | Harsh Realities | Silent Feeling | Melt Rocks | More
More George Eliot Quotes
“Go forward with joyful confidence.” George Eliot
Joyful Confidence, Positive Progress, Moving Forward, Confidence, Progress, Forward
George Eliot Joyful Confidence, Positive Progress, Moving Forward, Confidence, Progress, Forward“Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them.” George Eliot
Nature, Time, Aging, Transformation, Wisdom, Growth
George Eliot Nature, Time, Aging, Transformation, Wisdom, Growth“Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.” George Eliot
Words, Communication, Misunderstanding, Expression, Intentions, Speech
George Eliot Words, Communication, Misunderstanding, Expression, Intentions, Speech“The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.” George Eliot
Divine Choice, Memory Action, Judah’s Sons, Choice, Memory, Action
George Eliot Divine Choice, Memory Action, Judah’s Sons, Choice, Memory, Action“Nature repairs her ravages, – repairs them with her sunshine and with human labor.” George Eliot
Nature’s Repair, Human Labor, Sunshine Healing, Nature, Labor, Healing
George Eliot Nature’s Repair, Human Labor, Sunshine Healing, Nature, Labor, Healing“Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night.” George Eliot
Worldly Faces, Funeral Silence, Solemn Night, Faces, Funeral, Silence
George Eliot Worldly Faces, Funeral Silence, Solemn Night, Faces, Funeral, Silence“All passion becomes strength when it has an outlet.” George Eliot
Passion Strength, Outlet Energy, Emotional Power, Passion, Strength, Energy
George Eliot Passion Strength, Outlet Energy, Emotional Power, Passion, Strength, Energy“How unspeakably the lengthening of memories in common endears our old friends!” George Eliot
Memory Lengthening, Endearing Friends, Shared Memories, Memory, Friends, Memories
George Eliot Memory Lengthening, Endearing Friends, Shared Memories, Memory, Friends, Memories“Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been.” George Eliot
Life Spirit, Touching Experiences, Tinsel Existence, Spirit, Experiences, Existence
George Eliot Life Spirit, Touching Experiences, Tinsel Existence, Spirit, Experiences, Existence“I’d sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It’s better to know one’s robbed than to think one’s going to be murdered.” George Eliot
Real Grief, False Worries, Better Truth, Grief, Worries, Truth
George Eliot Real Grief, False Worries, Better Truth, Grief, Worries, Truth“We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.” George Eliot
God’s Mercy, Showing Mercy, Human Compassion, Mercy, Compassion, God
George Eliot God’s Mercy, Showing Mercy, Human Compassion, Mercy, Compassion, God“There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.” George Eliot
Find Fault, Man Himself, Internal Criticism, Fault, Man, Criticism
George Eliot Find Fault, Man Himself, Internal Criticism, Fault, Man, Criticism“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“The dew-bead gem of earth and sky begotten.” George Eliot
Dew-Bead Gem, Earth Sky, Natural Beauty, Gem, Earth, Beauty
George Eliot Dew-Bead Gem, Earth Sky, Natural Beauty, Gem, Earth, Beauty“The soul of man, when it gets fairly rotten, will bear you all sorts of poisonous toad-stools, and no eye can see whence came the seed thereof.” George Eliot
Rotten Soul, Poisonous Thoughts, Hidden Origins, Soul, Poison, Origins
George Eliot Rotten Soul, Poisonous Thoughts, Hidden Origins, Soul, Poison, Origins“It was one of those dangerous moments when speech is at once sincere and deceptive – when feeling, rising high above its average depth, leaves flood-marks which are never reached again.” George Eliot
Dangerous Speech, Emotional Depth, Deceptive Moments, Speech, Feeling, Depth
George Eliot Dangerous Speech, Emotional Depth, Deceptive Moments, Speech, Feeling, Depth“The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.” George Eliot
Perfect Freedom, Happiness Union, Intense Degree, Freedom, Happiness, Union
George Eliot Perfect Freedom, Happiness Union, Intense Degree, Freedom, Happiness, Union“There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if unchecked by the deep-seated habit of direct fellow-feeling with individual fellow-men.” George Eliot
Morality, Fellow-Feeling, Doctrine, Morality, Fellow-Men, Unchecked
George Eliot Morality, Fellow-Feeling, Doctrine, Morality, Fellow-Men, Unchecked