George Eliot quote about generosity from Middlemarch - Doubtless this persistence was the best course for his own dignity: but pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
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“ Doubtless this persistence was the best course for his own dignity: but pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty. ”
 George Eliot, Middlemarch (1872). copy citation

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Author George Eliot
Source Middlemarch
Topic generosity pride vanity wit
Date 1872
Language English
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George Eliot quote about generosity from Middlemarch - Doubtless this persistence was the best course for his own dignity: but pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
George Eliot quote about generosity from Middlemarch - Doubtless this persistence was the best course for his own dignity: but pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.