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

Quote by George Eliot

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Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

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...

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...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

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...

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

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

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

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...

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...

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed...

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed...