Quotes by Eliot, George

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous >>

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. >>

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plan >>

Quotations about Past

The past, though it cannot be relived, can always be repaired. >>

Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory not >>

You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happ >>

With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of the present: it is not a repented error shaken loose from the life: it is a still quivering part of himself, bringing shudders and bitter flavors and the tinglings of a merited shame.

Eliot, George