Maxioms by George Eliot
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us
What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.
What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the read more
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when read more
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.