George Eliot Quotations George Eliot Quotations Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.
Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.
It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us. We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. In every parting there is an image of death. Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.