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Quote by George Eliot
Breed is stronger than pasture. - George Eliot

Breed is stronger than pasture. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. – George Eliot

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Reverence
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George Eliot
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To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. – George Eliot

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Diplomacy
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George Eliot
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Ancestry, Ancestors
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Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ancestry, Ancestors

Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ancestry, Ancestors

The precise form of an individuals activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity. – Henry Louis

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Ancestry, Ancestors

Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons cant sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Ancestry, Ancestors

Random Quotes

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. Hebrews 10:36 – Bible

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Persistence

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. – Ansel Adams

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Nature

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family. – Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Equality

When I meet a couple, Im always interested to know if they have been together for a long time, or how loyal they are, because I know that will impact on how much Im prepared to trust them. – Richard E. Grant

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Trust