More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

Quote by George Eliot

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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

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

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

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of...

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

Success is a journey...not a destination.

Success is a journey...not a destination.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all...

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all...