George Eliot quote about bravery from Middlemarch - 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.
 George Eliot, Middlemarch (1872). copy citation

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Author George Eliot
Source Middlemarch
Topic bravery glory neighbors
Date 1872
Language English
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“There is the best opportunity in the world for me to ask for his confidence; and he would be able to tell me things which might make all the circumstances clear. Then we would all stand by him and bring him out of his trouble. People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.» Dorothea's eyes had a moist brightness in them, and the changed tones of her voice roused her uncle, who began to listen.
«It is true that a woman may venture on some efforts of sympathy which would hardly succeed if we men undertook them,» said Mr. Farebrother, almost converted by Dorothea's ardor.” source

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