Eliot

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“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)