Edward George, Baron George Quotes

United Kingdom, Governor
September 16, 1938 – April, 18, 2009.

Edward Alan John George, Baron George GBE PC DL , known as Eddie George, or "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003 and sat on the board of Rothschild.

We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the finer strength of the nerves.

Edward George, Baron George
- Suffer
- Muscles
- Nerves
Beware of parting! The true sadness is not in the pain of the parting; it is in the when and the how you are to meet again with the face about to vanish from your view.

Edward George, Baron George
- Pain
- Sadness
- Vanish

No task is more difficult than systematic hypocrisy.

Edward George, Baron George
- Difficult
- Hypocrisy
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and the flowers faded.

Edward George, Baron George
- Flowers
- Lights
- Banquet
Will our souls, hurrying on in diverse paths, unite once more, as if the interval had been a dream?

Edward George, Baron George
- Dream
- Souls
- Diverse