Ocupation: Novelist
Life: November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880
Birthday: November 22
Death: December 22
I know forgiveness is a man's duty, but, to my thinking, that can only mean as you're to give up all thoughts o' taking revenge: it can never mean as you're t' have your old feelings back again, for that's not possible.
source: George Eliot (2016). “Adam Bede”, p.403, George Eliot
topic: Giving Up, Revenge, Mean, Old Feelings, Back Again, Taking Revenge