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

Other quotes by George Eliot

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves. – George Eliot

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Dissent
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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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best
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. – George Eliot

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. – Zhuangzi

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Wisdom

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Wisdom

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. – Mary Astell

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Wisdom

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements. – Denis Waitley

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Wisdom

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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. – Vance Havner

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I think he would have been proud and smiling… when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end. – Michael Reagan

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dad

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. – Author Unknown

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Hell, madam, is to love no longer. – Georges Bernanos

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Death