For pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it can turn into compassion. Author: George Eliot Copy Quote More from George Eliot “The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business …” “There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer…” “How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings …” “There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if…”