George Eliot Might Quotations

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it.

It is never too late to become what you might have been

It is never to late to be what you might have been

You are never too old to be what you might have been.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men

I'm not denying that women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

... we are apt to think it the finest era of the world when America was beginning to be discovered, when a bold sailor, even if he were wrecked, might alight on a new kingdom ...

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.