George Eliot Great Quotes

What did George Eliot say about Great?

George Eliot has written many quotes about Great. E.g.,

• When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
• There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
• Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

What are the top most famous Great quotes by George Eliot?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Great by George Eliot.

• When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
• There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
• Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
• A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
• When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.
• No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
• There 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.
• Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
• Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.