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Quote by George Eliot
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity t

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

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The best augury of a mans success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. – George Eliot

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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. – George Eliot

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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

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As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that its a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building. – Jane Byrne

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I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I dont have. – Laura Marling

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They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense. – George Combe

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