George Eliot

It is never too late to be what you might have been. ↗

— George Eliot

#it is never too late #late #might #never #never too late

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

— George Eliot

#inspirational

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ↗

— George Eliot

#about #autumn #bird #delicious #earth

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

— George Eliot

#blessings #loquacity #remaining-silent #reticence #silence

It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted. ↗

— George Eliot

#poetry #music

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ↗

— George Eliot

#brought #done #great #great things #impulse

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses. ↗

— George Eliot

#initiative #positivity #rose

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them. ↗

— George Eliot

#living #longing #wish #wishing #beauty

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

— George Eliot

#open-mindedness #perspective #life

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. ↗

— George Eliot

#life