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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Pity Quotes

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may...

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...

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more...

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

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

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

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but...

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties

Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties