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

George Eliot
Some Similar Quotes
  1. The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people. - G.k. Chesterton

  2. One must love God first, and only then can one love one's closest of kin and neighbors. We must not be idols to one another, for such is not the will of God. - Thaddeus Of Vitovnica

  3. Never look too far to find a family. Your neighbour is your closest family. - Lailah Gifty Akita

  4. Neighbours complaining about someone’s dog making an awful racket. You could hardly blame the poor beast, its owner had died in her bed at least a fortnight before and there hadn’t been much left of the old girl worth eating. - James Oswald

  5. During your struggle society is not a bunch of flowers, it is a bunch of cactus. - Amit Kalantri

More Quotes By George Eliot
  1. I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and...

  2. What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each...

  3. Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her...

  4. Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

  5. Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

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