Logo
Quote by George Eliot
What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subs

What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs? – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. – George Eliot

Category:
Feelings
Author
George Eliot
Read Quote

We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

Category:
Curiosity
Author
George Eliot
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Tragedy
category

We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. – Aldous Huxley

Category:
Tragedy

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? – E. M. Cioran

Category:
Tragedy

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Tragedy

Tragedy is a representation of action that is worthy of serious attention, complete in itself and of some magnitude – bringing about by means of pity and fear the purging of such emotions. – Aristotle

Category:
Tragedy

Random Quotes

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. – Don Marquis

Category:
Blood

One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it. – Herbert Simon

Category:
Science

What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism. – Shimon Peres

Category:
Age

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same. – Billy Graham

Category:
Men