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George Eliot on Birthday

1819–1880 England

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9 quotes

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

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.

Daniel Deronda (1876)

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

The Spanish Gypsy (1868)

In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861)

It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the withered tree.

Adam Bede (1859)

Friend more divine than all divinities.

The Spanish Gypsy (1868)

Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.

Spanish Gypsy (1868)

when a man had deserved his good luck, it was the part of his neighbours to wish him joy.

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861)

So, if I live or die to serve my friend,
'Tis for my love —' tis for my friend alone,
And not for any rate that friendship bears
In heaven or on earth.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Eliot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.