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George Eliot, Middlemarch Quotes: People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
         

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


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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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Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.



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