George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. She was a great English novelist, journalist. She was also one of the popular leading writers of the Queen Victorian period. Most of Eliot's work contributes to realism, physiological insights, a sense of living place. Some of the notable works of Eliot are The Mill On the Floss (1860) and the Silas Marner (1861). The main reason behind changing her name is that she wants people to take her work seriously. At that time, women's works were not much praised as that of men. Therefore, she decided to change her name.
There is something scandalous about George Eliot's life. She was in an open relationship with a married man. She was also a lesbian. Middlemarch is considered the greatest novel of George Eliot and an intellectual work of the 19th century. She basically experiences the social conditions and writes about the social situation. In her lifetime writing period, she was also compared with the famous writer of "Emma", Jane Austen. In her Silas Marner writings, she works out the realism with the incorporation of the fairytales aspects. Below are some of the famous George Eliot Quotes.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
This quote means that there is nothing too late or impossible to do in your life. You need to try to accomplish something, especially late in life or long after others usually accomplish it.
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
This means to live a life in a way that makes it less difficult and full of embracing moments. A life full of difficulty is not worth living. Each life has difficulties. We need to overcome them and make it easier to live.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
This quote means that we can look at things with a broad mind. Look at things from each angle, from every perspective, whether it is good or bad for you. Try to understand from every point of view.
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.
This quote means that give your efforts to the things you know will work. Don't give your effort to useless things. Use your will and power in the right path, not on the wrong path, to get positive results.
And, of course, men know best about everything, except what women know better.
This quote means that men are good at everything but not at something for which women are much better. It talks of women being a mother. Men know nothing about being a mother.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
Music makes life happier and easier to live. Music is something that adds sentiment to the working. Music acts the daily dose to life and makes life easygoing.
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
This quote means that give your love to others but kept enough for yourself. Don't just give enough of yourself to the others that you feel sad and unhappy and left with nothing in the end.
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
This quote means that all the adventures, i.e. creativity, intelligence is inside the man and not outside. Man can do whatever he wants. The only thing he needs to do is to explore a lot with their knowledge.
Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.
This quote means that truth is the basis of all good things. Keep yourself right with your actions. Stick to your right ways of doing actions. First, explore and look at the right ways. When you find out the right way of doing things, stick to them.
Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their power of sacrifice.
Being selfish is also a possession of good value. If the sacrifice you made to yourself is not worth lost, why people are sacrificing their values, things, or time for others. There is no such shame in being selfish. Do good to yourself first.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
This quote means that you are also feeling lonely if you are in an uneasy relationship. When you doubt someone, you will be isolated from them and feel lonely even when you are with them.
Animals are such agreeable friends―they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
George explains that animals are such a good creation by god. They agree with all kinds of behaviour, things, perspectives of the people because neither they can criticize something nor ask about something.
Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with joyful confidence.
Life is all about losing and winning the game. Keep your spirit with your will and power. You didn't even expect when you will win the game after losing thousands of times. Failure helps you to know about your mistakes, which brings confidence to overcome the mistakes in the next task and reach your goal.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
This quote means that there is always an equal and opposite reaction to everything. Every action also has the same thing. So, a person is known by his actions as much as those actions are what identify him.
I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.
This quote means that the actions of the man are kind of the best interpreter of the results. Their thoughts are directly reflected through their actions. Fine words are not something that we use to interpret the person's thoughts, but actions are.
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It is surely better to pardon too much than to condemn too much.
This quote means that letting go of something or a person's thought is better than criticizing something. It is better not to criticize someone's moral values or reasons. It is best when you ignore such things and move ahead.
Don't judge a book by its cover
This famous quote means that one shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone. We should not judge someone based on their physical appearance or from the first look.
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
This quote means that being blessed is a positive thing in your life. When someone gives you a blessing, it tells about a person's true love, care, and pure soul. This is an action of a person with good deeds.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
This quote means that rich people with abundant wealth can spare some money to be given in the form of alms to the poor. They do not feel any pain in sparing some part of wealth as a charity. Undeniably, being poor makes it easier for us to understand and empathize with what it is like to be poor, hence appreciating the luxury of giving.
Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.
This quote means that poetry, art, and knowledge are the things that contain the pure thoughts of the people. People express their thoughts from all these three things. These represent the sacred thoughts of the people.
