Quotes from George Eliot
Education is an asset no man can take away.
— George Eliot
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
— George Eliot
I shall never forget you. I have never forgotten anyone whom I once knew. My life has never been crowded, and seems not likely to be so.
— George Eliot
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
— George Eliot
In 1847, a certain Count Leopold Ferri died at Padua, leaving a library entirely composed of works written by women, in various languages, and this library amounted to nearly 32,000 volumes.
— George Eliot
Love at its highest flood rushes beyond its object, and loses itself in the sense of divine mystery.
— George Eliot
Choice is the strongest principle of growth.
— George Eliot
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.
— George Eliot
Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
— George Eliot
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
— George Eliot
When you get me a good man made out of arguments, I will get you a good dinner with reading you the cookery book.
— George Eliot
all men needed the bridle of religion, which, properly speaking, was the dread of a Hereafter.
— George Eliot