George Eliot

A good horse makes short miles.

George Eliot

A man’s a man; But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

George Eliot

A mother’s yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

George Eliot

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.

George Eliot

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

George Eliot

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

George Eliot

Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.

George Eliot

Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow men beyond the bounds of our personal lot.

George Eliot

Beauty is part of the finished language by which goodness speaks.

George Eliot

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

George Eliot