George Eliot
The pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an English novelist, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
Quotes by George Eliot
Perfect happiness is a beautiful dream, but it is not a reality.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.
The right to choose your own way is a sacred right.
It is a grand thing to be a woman.
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can.
The world is full of people who are always wanting to be something they are not.
The only difference between a man and a boy is the size of his toys.
To be a poet is to have a soul so finely tuned that it can hear the whispers of the universe.
The highest calling of a woman is to be a wife and mother.
There is no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
The only true knowledge is knowing that you know nothing.
It is a great thing to be a man.
The mind of man is a dark and mysterious place.
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.