George Eliot1819–1880What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
Middlemarch (1871)In contextBlessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Ch, 4 (1879); comparable to. James Russell Lowell 1871: Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.- Often credited to T. S. Eliot
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
Adam Bede (1859), Chapter 33- Daniel Deronda (1876), Book 3, Ch. 24
- Middlemarch (1871-72)In context
- Adam Bede (1859)
- Letter to Charles Bray (15 November 1857)
- Daniel Deronda (1876)
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
The Mill on the Floss (1860), Book VI, ch. iiiIn contextAnger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love…
The Mill on the Floss (1860), Book I, ch. xIn contextBut what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
Middlemarch (1871-72)In contextMiss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
Middlemarch (1871-72), First lines.In contextChildhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.
Often credited to George Eliot
Quotes often credited to George Eliot that were said or written by someone else.
