Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty Quotes, by George Eliot

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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

Friendship Quotes, by George Eliot

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A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Affection Quotes, by George Eliot

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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us.

Infatuation Quotes, by George Eliot

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There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but --a hatred of all injury.

Injury Quotes, by George Eliot

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But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man.

Yearning Quotes, by George Eliot

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Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

Pain Quotes, by George Eliot

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One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why

Animals Quotes, by George Eliot

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The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

Fulfilment Quotes, by George Eliot

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Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hearing Quotes, by George Eliot

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us

Pity Quotes, by George Eliot

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Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Prophecy Quotes, by George Eliot

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Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.

Friendship Quotes, by George Eliot

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The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

Choices Quotes, by George Eliot

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Those who trust us educate us.

Education Quotes, by George Eliot

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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Fools Quotes, by George Eliot

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

Kindness Quotes, by George Eliot

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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

Music Quotes, by George Eliot

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

Questions Quotes, by George Eliot

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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

Tenderness Quotes, by George Eliot

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Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Age Quotes, by George Eliot

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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Agreement Quotes, by George Eliot

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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger Quotes, by George Eliot

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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Applause Quotes, by George Eliot

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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Arrogance Quotes, by George Eliot

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