George Eliot

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

George Eliot

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

George Eliot

It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don’t give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.

George Eliot

It is impossible, to me at least, to be poetical in cold weather.

George Eliot

It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.

George Eliot

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because one’s own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care.

George Eliot

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.

George Eliot

It is strange how deeply colours seem to penetrate one, like scent.

George Eliot

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

George Eliot

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.

George Eliot