But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
George Eliot
Despair And Hope, Unfed Eagerness, Emotional Turmoil, Despair, Hope, Eagerness
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More George Eliot Quotes
“There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.” George Eliot
Ardent Creature, Depressing Contact, Lost Sympathy, Creature, Contact, Sympathy
George Eliot Ardent Creature, Depressing Contact, Lost Sympathy, Creature, Contact, Sympathy“I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.” George Eliot
Women And Men, Divine Creation, Foolishness, Women, Men, Creation
George Eliot Women And Men, Divine Creation, Foolishness, Women, Men, Creation“I flutter all ways, and fly in none.” George Eliot
Flutter Ways, Fly None, Aimless Journey, Flutter, Fly, Journey
George Eliot Flutter Ways, Fly None, Aimless Journey, Flutter, Fly, Journey“If you are not proud of your cellar, there is no thrill of satisfaction in seeing your guest hold up his wineglass to the light and look judicial.” George Eliot
Pride In Possessions, Guest Impression, Wine Appreciation, Pride, Possessions, Wine
George Eliot Pride In Possessions, Guest Impression, Wine Appreciation, Pride, Possessions, Wine“The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.” George Eliot
Scornful Nostril, High Head, Truth Track, Nostril, Head, Truth
George Eliot Scornful Nostril, High Head, Truth Track, Nostril, Head, Truth“Religion, like all things, begins with self, and naught is known, until one knows himself.” George Eliot
Religion Self, Knowledge Beginning, Personal Discovery, Religion, Self, Discovery
George Eliot Religion Self, Knowledge Beginning, Personal Discovery, Religion, Self, Discovery“After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.” George Eliot
Growing Patience, Idle Weak, Plain Vocation, Patience, Vocation, Growing
George Eliot Growing Patience, Idle Weak, Plain Vocation, Patience, Vocation, Growing“Oh, child, men’s men: gentle or simple, they’re much of a muchness...” George Eliot
Human Nature, Simplicity And Wisdom, Masculine Qualities, Gender Reflections, Human Traits, Equal Humanity
George Eliot Human Nature, Simplicity And Wisdom, Masculine Qualities, Gender Reflections, Human Traits, Equal Humanity“If troubles were put up to market, I’d sooner buy old than new. It’s something to have seen the worst.” George Eliot
Troubles, Experience, Resilience, Wisdom, Life, Perspective
George Eliot Troubles, Experience, Resilience, Wisdom, Life, Perspective“Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of mental make in which one of us differs from another.” George Eliot
Unique Vanities, Individual Differences, Human Ego, Vanity, Difference, Ego
George Eliot Unique Vanities, Individual Differences, Human Ego, Vanity, Difference, Ego“So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.” George Eliot
Invisible Choir, Glad Music, World Joy, Choir, Music, Joy
George Eliot Invisible Choir, Glad Music, World Joy, Choir, Music, Joy“It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love-this hunger of the heart-as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and change the face of the world.” George Eliot
Love’s Hunger, Heart’s Need, Nature’s Force, Love, Need, Force
George Eliot Love’s Hunger, Heart’s Need, Nature’s Force, Love, Need, Force“Justice is like the kingdom of God – it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.” George Eliot
Kingdom God, Justice Yearning, Within Fact, Justice, God, Yearning
George Eliot Kingdom God, Justice Yearning, Within Fact, Justice, God, Yearning“A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.” George Eliot
Wisdom And Folly, Human Nature, Exceptional Actions, Self-awareness, Life’s Paradoxes, Humility In Wisdom
George Eliot Wisdom And Folly, Human Nature, Exceptional Actions, Self-awareness, Life’s Paradoxes, Humility In Wisdom“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“Where Jack isn’t safe, Tom’s in danger.” George Eliot
Safety, Danger, Mutual Protection, Safety, Danger, Protection
George Eliot Safety, Danger, Mutual Protection, Safety, Danger, Protection“If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.” George Eliot
Ordinary Life, Keen Vision, Grass Growing, Life, Vision, Growing
George Eliot Ordinary Life, Keen Vision, Grass Growing, Life, Vision, Growing“The light can be a curtain as well as the darkness.” George Eliot
Light’s Duality, Curtain Of Darkness, Light And Dark, Light, Darkness, Duality
George Eliot Light’s Duality, Curtain Of Darkness, Light And Dark, Light, Darkness, Duality