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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.

Outlive Love, Reckless Consequences, Emotional Aftermath, Love, Recklessness, Aftermath

Men outlive their love but they don’t outlive the consequences

Men outlive their love but they don’t outlive the consequences

Men outlive their love but they don’t outlive the consequences

George Eliot’s Quotes On Topics

Teach | Emotional Moods | Leadership | Advantage | Rebellion | Heartbeat | Path | Adaptability | Mistake Advantage | Wrong Inflicted | Magnanimous Nature | Anger | Life’s Rewards | Sense | Self-Perception | Humor | Care | Strengthen | Written | Emotional Awareness | More

More George Eliot Quotes

“The early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult, – whether that of a shrimp pool or of deeper water, – which afterwards subside into cheerful peace.”

Marriage Tumult, Cheerful Peace, Critical Times, Marriage, Peace, Tumult

“If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for ’em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that’s where it is.”

Fit Places, Round Hole, Ball Shape, Fit, Hole, Shape

“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.”

Internal Adventure, Man’s Nature, Inner Quest, Adventure, Nature, Quest

“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”

World Progress, Perfect Men, Important Work, Forward, Moving, Wait

“Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.”

Technology And Leisure, Thought And Innovation, Industrialization, Human Thought, Philosophical Reflection, Invention’s Impact

“Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Suffering can be likened to a baptism – the passing over the threshold of pain and grief and anguish to claim a new state of being.”

Suffering’s Baptism, Regeneration, Pain And Grief, Suffering, Baptism, Regeneration

“Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.”

Acting, Life, Humanity, Expression, Art, Performance

“When a tender affection has been storing itself in us through many of our years, the idea that we could accept any exchange for it seems to be a cheapening of our lives.”

Tender Affection, Stored Emotions, Life Cheapening, Affection, Emotions, Life

“Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. Even with no motive to be false, it is very hard to say the exact truth.”

Falsehood, Truth, Difficulty In Honesty, Falsehood, Truth, Honesty

“Death is the only physician, the shadow of his valley the only journeying that will cure us of age and the gathering fatigue of years.”

Death, Life, Aging, Mortality, Philosophy, Fate

“We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.”

Loved Earth, Childhood Connection, Earth Memories, Earth, Childhood, Memories

“Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.”

Paradoxes And Wisdom, Self-Reflection, Moral Lessons, Thoughtful Caution, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Awareness

“Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it.”

Family Resemblance, Likeness Sadness, Deep Resemblance, Likeness, Sadness, Resemblance

“Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand.”

Sarcastic Destiny, Dramatic Fate, Life’s Roles, Destiny, Fate, Roles

“When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was – he only saw the brightness of the Lord.”

Divine Presence, Spiritual Reflection, Faith In God, Holy Experiences, Divine Guidance, Sacred Teachings

“There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.”

Private Life, Public Influence, Life’s Determination, Life, Influence, Determination

“Looking at the mother, you might hope that the daughter would become like her, which is a prospective advantage equal to a dowry – the mother too often standing behind the daughter like a malignant prophecy – “Such as I am, she will shortly be."”

Maternal Influence, Generational Traits, Prophetic Insights, Mother, Daughter, Prophecy

“Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.”

Waking Dream, Daylight Illusion, Sleep’s Reality, Dream, Illusion, Reality

“Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.”

Science, Dogma, Scrupulous Conscience, Science, Conscience, Mistake

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.”

Mother’s Love, Loving Face, Life Began, Waking, Loving, Mother