The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature.
George Eliot
Self-Imposed Yoke, Hate Breeding, Wrong-Doing, Hate, Yoke, Nature
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Sublime Rhythm | Value | Life-Blood Cost | Aimless Journey | Less Miserable | Expression | Serious Professions | New Acquaintance | Truth Experience | Much Temptation | Outlived Sorrow | Innuendo Perception | Wishing Vs Bearing | Short Days | Same Motives | Others | Perfect Men | Power Of Memory | Inspirational Life | Suffering Values | More
More George Eliot Quotes
“It is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.” George Eliot
Kindling Eye, Precious Mind, Shared Worth, Eye, Mind, Worth
George Eliot Kindling Eye, Precious Mind, Shared Worth, Eye, Mind, Worth“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“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“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.” George Eliot
Sunshine Flowers, Humanity Smiles, Natural Comparisons, Sunshine, Smiles, Humanity
George Eliot Sunshine Flowers, Humanity Smiles, Natural Comparisons, Sunshine, Smiles, Humanity“When you’ve been used to doing things, and they’ve been taken away from you, it’s as if your hands had been cut off, and you felt the fingers as are of no use to you.” George Eliot
Lost Actions, Hand’s Limitation, Removed Comforts, Actions, Limitation, Comforts
George Eliot Lost Actions, Hand’s Limitation, Removed Comforts, Actions, Limitation, Comforts“Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.” George Eliot
Poor Dress, Beauty Relief, Miss Brooke, Beauty, Relief, Dress
George Eliot Poor Dress, Beauty Relief, Miss Brooke, Beauty, Relief, Dress“But, my dear Mrs. Casaubon,” said Mr. Farebrother, smiling gently at her ardor, “character is not cut in marble – it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.” George Eliot
Character Change, Living Marble, Diseased Bodies, Character, Marble, Bodies
George Eliot Character Change, Living Marble, Diseased Bodies, Character, Marble, Bodies“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.” George Eliot
Suffering’s Baptism, Regeneration, Pain And Grief, Suffering, Baptism, Regeneration
George Eliot Suffering’s Baptism, Regeneration, Pain And Grief, Suffering, Baptism, Regeneration“O the anguish of the thought that we can never atone to our dead for the stinted affection we gave them.” George Eliot
Anguish Of Atonement, Dead Affection, Unresolved Grief, Affection, Grief, Atonement
George Eliot Anguish Of Atonement, Dead Affection, Unresolved Grief, Affection, Grief, Atonement“Men and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and oftener still for a mighty love.” George Eliot
Mistaken Longings, False Beliefs, Uneasy Yearnings, Longings, Beliefs, Yearnings
George Eliot Mistaken Longings, False Beliefs, Uneasy Yearnings, Longings, Beliefs, Yearnings“I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning.” George Eliot
Authority Conflict, Religious Freedom, Fighting Authority, Authority, Freedom, Conflict
George Eliot Authority Conflict, Religious Freedom, Fighting Authority, Authority, Freedom, Conflict“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“A suppressed resolve will betray itself in the eyes.” George Eliot
Suppressed Resolve, Betray Eyes, Inner Struggles, Resolve, Eyes, Struggles
George Eliot Suppressed Resolve, Betray Eyes, Inner Struggles, Resolve, Eyes, Struggles“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.” George Eliot
Long Perseverance, Striving Good, Grand Failure, Failure, Perseverance, Striving
George Eliot Long Perseverance, Striving Good, Grand Failure, Failure, Perseverance, Striving“Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing. That’s my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.” George Eliot
Coward Fight, Sure Losing, Winning Battle, Fight, Losing, Winning
George Eliot Coward Fight, Sure Losing, Winning Battle, Fight, Losing, Winning“Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and unhappy men to live calmly.” George Eliot
Beneficent Habit, Routine Life, Calmly Living, Habit, Routine, Living
George Eliot Beneficent Habit, Routine Life, Calmly Living, Habit, Routine, Living“Say “I love you” to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.” George Eliot
Expressing Love, Eternal Silence, Meaningful Words, Love, Silence, Eternity
George Eliot Expressing Love, Eternal Silence, Meaningful Words, Love, Silence, Eternity“The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food – it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.” George Eliot
Hardship Journey, Bitter Beginnings, Resilience Lesson, Hardship, Resilience, Hunger
George Eliot Hardship Journey, Bitter Beginnings, Resilience Lesson, Hardship, Resilience, Hunger