George Eliot

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

George Eliot

He who rules must humor full as much as he commands.

George Eliot

Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.

George Eliot

History, we know, is apt to repeat itself, and to foist very old incidents upon us with only a slight change of costume.

George Eliot

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.

George Eliot

How unspeakably the lengthening of memories in common endears our old friends!

George Eliot

Husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order.

George Eliot

I don’t see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly.

George Eliot

I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself.

George Eliot

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

George Eliot