Ive never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. – George Eliot
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. – George Eliot
Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing. – George Eliot
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot