George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860), Book VII, Ch. I.
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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

— George Eliot on Pity

What It Means

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George Eliot

About George Eliot

George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans; 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) was an English novelist and poet. Despite the strong social customs of her times against such arrangements, she lived unmarried with fellow writer George Henry Lewesβ€Žβ€Ž for over 20 years.