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George Eliot, Middlemarch Quotes: People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.
         

People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.


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People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.



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I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly.



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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.



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This page presents the quote "People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.". Author of this quote is George Eliot, Middlemarch. This quote is about neighbor, people, character, slander, reputation, prejudice, truth, libel, rumor,.