George Eliot Pity Quotations

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake us

It was a pity he couldna be hatched o'er again, an' hatched different.

The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity.

Don't let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved from shipwreck. Can we feel anything but awe and pity when we see a fellow-passenger swallowed by the waves?