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Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

George Eliot
Hurt, Pride, Helping
George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.50, Penguin

Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.

George Eliot
Hurt, People, Made
George Eliot (2006). “Silas Marner: Literary Touchstone Edition”, p.67, Prestwick House Inc

even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt, and hurt each other by their very attempts at sympathy or consolation. We can bear no hand on our bruises.

George Eliot
Sympathy, Hurt, Hands
George Eliot, John Walter Cross (2010). “George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals”, p.44, Cambridge University Press

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.

George Eliot
Hurt, Disappointment, Pride
George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.50, Penguin

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