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George Eliot Quotes

English novelist (pen name of Mary Ann Evans), author of Middlemarch. (1819-1880)

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

George Eliot

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

George Eliot

Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

George Eliot

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

George Eliot

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

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Who was George Eliot?

English novelist (pen name of Mary Ann Evans), author of Middlemarch. This page collects their most famous quotes in one place.

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One of the most quoted lines by George Eliot is: "What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?" You will find it and 4 more famous quotes below.

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