 The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. As to just the amount of result he may see from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty: the universe has not been arranged for the gratification...  Felix Holt, the Radical ... - Page 272by George Eliot - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1921 - 864 pages
...get Keats saying 'There is not a fiercer hell than the failure of a great object,' and George Eliot: 'The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.' The sages are just like the populace which produces proverbs. You can justify any course of action... | |
 | George Eliot - 1867 - 446 pages
...And they stood in that way while he went on speaking. " But I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear...amount of result he may see from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty : the universe has not been arranged for the gratification of his... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1868 - 548 pages
...And they stood in that way while he went on speaking. " But I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear...amount of result he may see from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty : the universe has not been arranged for the gratification of his... | |
 | George Eliot - 1869 - 568 pages
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 | George Eliot, Alexander Main - Aphorisms and apothegms in literature - 1873 - 444 pages
...things voluntarily which are lawful for others. It is the old word — ' necessity is laid upon me.' I 'm proof against that word failure. I Ve seen behind...amount of result he may see from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty: the universe has not been arranged for the gratification of his... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Bible - 1873 - 516 pages
...proof against that word, failure. He has seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear, he says, is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. As to just the amount of result a man may see from his particular work—that is a tremendous uncertainty : " the universe has not... | |
 | George Eliot - 1875 - 460 pages
...things voluntarily which are lawful for others. It is the old word — ' necessity is laid upon me.' I 'm proof against that word failure. I 've seen behind...amount of result he may see from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty: the universe has not been arranged for the gratification of his... | |
 | 1888 - 722 pages
...Same. There is no private lit'o which has not been determined by a wider public life. — George Eliot. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in...to be best. As to just the amount of result he may BOB from his particular work — that's a tremendous uncertainty. — Tht Same. The sublime delight... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 732 pages
...perfect.— Anon. 12. Boys are always troublesome, especially from ten to thirty. — Sir Arthur Helps. i j. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. — "Felix Holt." 14. In mendicant fashion, we make the goodness of others a reason for exorbitant... | |
 | 1876 - 740 pages
...— Anon. i 2. Boys are always troublesome, especially from ten to thirty. — Sir Arthur Helps. 1 3. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. — "Felix Holt." 14. In mendicant fashion, we make the goodness of others a reason for exorbitant... | |
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