There are many victories worse than a defeat.

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...

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

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

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

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.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

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

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

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

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.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

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...

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...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...