There is nothing I should care more to do, if it were possible, than to rouse the imagination of men and women to a vision of human claims in those races of their fellow-men who most differ from them in customs and beliefs.
George EliotNo story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
George EliotHold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
George EliotMankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side.
George Eliot