Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions! Author: George Eliot Copy Quote More from George Eliot “Some gentlemen have made an amazing figure in literature by general discontent …” “In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the w…” “Just as I am watching a tongue of blue flame rising in the fire, and my lamp is…” “Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he bri…”