Quote#Wisdom
Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos…
Quote byJoseph Henry Shorthouse · 1834–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: John Inglesant (1881).
English (original)
Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.
— Joseph Henry Shorthouse
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All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament.
The enthusiastic and pleasing illusions of youth.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.