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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Pity Quotes

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as...

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

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...

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...