“The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.”

— George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (1876), Book VI

About George Eliot

1819 – 1880

English novelist, author of "Middlemarch" and "Daniel Deronda".

“Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.”

“Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.”

“We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.”

“But what is your duty? What the day demands.”

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

“When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”