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      • Eliot's talent transcended gender, and her exceptional writing resonated with readers across the globe. Today, we celebrate her legacy by unraveling the profound wisdom hidden within her quotes, allowing her timeless words to inspire us in our own lives. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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  2. 1864 quotes from George Eliot: 'It is never too late to be what you might have been.', 'What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?', and 'Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.'.

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    This is an excerpt from one of Mary Ann Evans’ essays written before she published any of her novels. It talks about the importance of art in building connections and empathy among people who otherwise have nothing in common. Mary Ann Evans had been a preacher of love and togetherness in the shared fate of our humanity before she found fame as a no...

    This quote was said by Eliot through the Adam Bedecharacter Bartle Massey. It means that we easily have high expectations of virtue from other people when we are not in their shoes. Bartle Massey tries to tell Adam not to be agitated by the situation as Adam’s betrothed is arrested for a crime. Adam replies that is easier said when one is not affec...

    This quote is trying to say that only those that take initiative and go after their interests are the ones who get what they want. Mrs Poyser made this reply to Squire Donnithorne in Adam Bede when the miserly man claimed he brought a proposal to the Poysers that would be to their advantage. Mrs Poyser tells him that people do not go about seeking ...

    This simply means that excuses do not prevent the consequences of our actions. These quotes say that no matter the excuses we give, we must reap the consequences of our actions. And that often, the consequences of our actions do not affect us alone.

    This here suggests that one should keep silent when one has nothing to say that to say meaningless things and make a fool of one’s self. it was said in one of George Eliot’s short stories that was first published in 1857. This means that the less hurtful words said out, the easier it is to remedy a situation. It was said by Mr Martin Poyser to Adam...

  3. Discover George Eliot famous and rare quotes. Share George Eliot quotations about literature, soul and life. "Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling..."

  4. Dec 7, 2015 · George Eliots sprawling tale of provincial life has triumphed in BBC Culture’s poll of the greatest British novels as voted by the rest of the world. Michael Gorra explains why.

  5. 40 of the best book quotes from George Eliot. “Language is a finer medium.”. “A dull mind ... is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which [an] inference started was purely problematic.”.

  6. Nov 19, 2019 · On the 200th anniversary of George Eliot’s birth, Hephzibah Anderson explores how the author was as revolutionary in life as in her novel writing. A woman sits engrossed in her reading, long ...

  7. 999 quotes from T.S. Eliot: 'For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.', 'Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.', and 'This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.'.

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