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The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lu… - George Eliot
" "The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.
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About George Eliot
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans; 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) was an English novelist and poet. Despite the strong social customs of her times against such arrangements, she lived unmarried with fellow writer George Henry Lewes for over 20 years.
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Birth Name:
Mary Anne Evans
Native Name:
Mary Ann Evans
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Marian Evans
Alternative Names:
Mary Anne Evans Cross
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Mary Anne Cross
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Marian Cross
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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 other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?
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