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George Eliot Quotes — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes from George Eliot, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   Nothing is so good as it seems

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishNothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

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2. 4

   One gets a bad habit of being unhappy

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishOne gets a bad habit of being unhappy.

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3. 8

   Falsehood is easy, truth difficult

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishFalsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

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4. 16

   Those who trust us educate us

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishThose who trust us educate us.

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5. 32

   Differing on jokes strains affection

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishA difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

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6. 64

   Be poor to know the luxury of giving

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishOne must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

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7. 128

   Many victories are worse than defeat

   — George Eliot

   Original · Englishthere are many victories worse than a defeat

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8. 256

   Childhood is why we love the earth

   — George Eliot

   Original · EnglishWe could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.

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9. 512

   The happiest women have no history

   — George Eliot

   Original · Englishthe happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history

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10. 1024

    One draught of pity beats all wisdom

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishMore helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    We live to ease one another's life

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishWhat do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    Our deeds make us as we make them

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishOur deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

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14. 8192

    The dead die only when forgotten

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishOur dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.

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15. 16384

    Steady work becomes its own end

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishEvery man's work, pursued steadily, tends in this way to become an end in itself.

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16. 32768

    There is unmapped country within us

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishThere is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

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17. 65536

    The root of growth is human choice

    — George Eliot

    Original · EnglishI say that the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

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18. 131072

    World's good rests on hidden lives

    — George Eliot

    Original · Englishthe growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

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