George Eliot
10 quotes
“Comments on The Lifted Veil with a motto for it used in the "Cabinet Edition" of her works (1878), in a letter to John Blackwood (28 February 1873), published in George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals (1885), Vol. 4”
“Apropos of the " The Lifted Veil ," I think it will not be judicious to reprint it at present. I care for the idea which it embodies, and which justifies its painfulness. A motto which I wrote on it yesterday perhaps is a sufficient indication of that idea:”
“'Tis God gives skill, But not without men's hands : He could not make Antonio Stradivari's violins Without Antonio. Stradivarius”
“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. Felix Holt, the Radical”
“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. Felix Holt, the Radical”
“ubi saeva indignatio ulterius cor lacerare nequit”
“If art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally. Letter to Charles Bray”
“My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy . Letter to Charles Bray”
“Unsigned article reprinted in The Essays of “George Eliot.” Complete.”
“The real drama of Evangelicalism”