I shall do everything it becomes me to do.
George Eliot
Everything Becomes, Personal Duty, Self Determination, Becomes, Duty, Determination
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More George Eliot Quotes
“Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your own way in the world. You don’t understand women. They don’t admire you half so much as you admire yourselves.” George Eliot
Vanity, Gender, Misunderstanding, Relationships, Pride, Self-awareness
George Eliot Vanity, Gender, Misunderstanding, Relationships, Pride, Self-awareness“To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep.” George Eliot
Old Memory, Deep Water, Present Days, Memory, Water, Present
George Eliot Old Memory, Deep Water, Present Days, Memory, Water, Present“Better a false belief than no belief at all.” George Eliot
False Beliefs, Existential Faith, Comparative Choices, Belief, Faith, Choices
George Eliot False Beliefs, Existential Faith, Comparative Choices, Belief, Faith, Choices“Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.” George Eliot
Painful Duty, Conscientious Choices, Moral Integrity, Duty, Pain, Integrity
George Eliot Painful Duty, Conscientious Choices, Moral Integrity, Duty, Pain, Integrity“He distrusted her affection; and what loneliness is more lonely than distrust.” George Eliot
Distrusted Affection, Lonely Distrust, Emotional Loneliness, Affection, Distrust, Loneliness
George Eliot Distrusted Affection, Lonely Distrust, Emotional Loneliness, Affection, Distrust, Loneliness“It is one of the secrets in that change of mental poise which has been fitly named conversion, that to many among us neither heaven nor earth has any revelation till some personality touches theirs with a peculiar influence, subduing them into receptiveness.” George Eliot
Mental Poise, Peculiar Influence, Personal Revelation, Poise, Influence, Revelation
George Eliot Mental Poise, Peculiar Influence, Personal Revelation, Poise, Influence, Revelation“He had the superficial kindness of a good-humored, self-satisfied nature, that fears no rivalry, and has encountered no contrarieties.” George Eliot
Superficial Kindness, Good-Humored Nature, Self-Satisfied Rivalry, Kindness, Nature, Rivalry
George Eliot Superficial Kindness, Good-Humored Nature, Self-Satisfied Rivalry, Kindness, Nature, Rivalry“For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.” George Eliot
Immeasurable Love, Emotional Depth, Love Joys, Love, Cares, Joys
George Eliot Immeasurable Love, Emotional Depth, Love Joys, Love, Cares, Joys“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“What’s broke can never be whole again.” George Eliot
Irreparable Damage, Broken Things, Lasting Effects, Damage, Things, Effects
George Eliot Irreparable Damage, Broken Things, Lasting Effects, Damage, Things, Effects“A man’s mind–what there is of it–has always the advantage of being masculine,–as the smallest birch-tree is of a higher kind than the most soaring palm,–and even his ignorance is of a sounder quality.” George Eliot
Masculine Mind, Sound Quality, Higher Kind, Mind, Quality, Higher
George Eliot Masculine Mind, Sound Quality, Higher Kind, Mind, Quality, Higher“No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.” George Eliot
Evil, Desire, Change, Free Will, Moral Struggle, Choice
George Eliot Evil, Desire, Change, Free Will, Moral Struggle, Choice“Those only can thoroughly feel the meaning of death who know what is perfect love.” George Eliot
Death’s Meaning, Perfect Love, Understanding Death, Death, Love, Understanding
George Eliot Death’s Meaning, Perfect Love, Understanding Death, Death, Love, Understanding“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“I trust you as holy men trust God; you could do nought that was not pure and loving, though the deed might pierce me unto death.” George Eliot
Trust, Pure Deed, Sacred Love, Trust, Deed, Love
George Eliot Trust, Pure Deed, Sacred Love, Trust, Deed, Love“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“Hear everything and judge for yourself.” George Eliot
Judge Yourself, Hear Everything, Personal Judgment, Judge, Hear, Judgment
George Eliot Judge Yourself, Hear Everything, Personal Judgment, Judge, Hear, Judgment“But certain winds will make men’s temper bad.” George Eliot
Bad Temper, Certain Winds, Men’s Mood, Temper, Winds, Mood
George Eliot Bad Temper, Certain Winds, Men’s Mood, Temper, Winds, Mood