Men quotes by George Eliot

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"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to stay, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact."
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
"There are many victories worse than a defeat."
"Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking."
"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact."
"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
"The tendancy of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined."
"I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovaryisme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare."
"If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence."