Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot on anger
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. George Eliot on best
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. George Eliot on best
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot on best
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. George Eliot on best
The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. George Eliot on best
For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love. George Eliot on best
All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. George Eliot on dad
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot on death
In every parting there is an image of death. George Eliot on death
Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. George Eliot on death
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. George Eliot on death
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot on death
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. George Eliot on experience
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? George Eliot on experience
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. George Eliot on experience
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. George Eliot on failure
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. George Eliot on failure
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot on failure
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. George Eliot on failure