The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance. — George Eliot
The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. — George Eliot
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. — George Eliot
The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities. — George Eliot
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow — George Eliot
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. — George Eliot
To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. — George Eliot
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. — George Eliot
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. — George Eliot
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. — George Eliot
Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it. — George Eliot
You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man’s form of genius in you — George Eliot