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

Breed is stronger than pasture. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

Ive never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. – George Eliot

Category:
Vanity
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. – George Eliot

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

Category:
Reverence
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Other Quotes from
Ancestry, Ancestors
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Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. – Van Wyck Brooks

They talk about their Pilgrim blood, their birthright high and holy! a mountain-stream that ends in mud thinks is melancholy. – James Russell Lowell

The person who has nothing to brag about but their ancestors is like a potato; the best part of them is underground. – Sir Thomas Overbore

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If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird. – Yiddish Proverb

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Money

Mr Speaker, I said the honourable Member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honourable Member may place the punctuation where he pleases. – Attributed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), responding to a rebuk

Category:
Grammar

A lot of people say to me, Why did you kill Christ? I dunno… it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know. We killed him because he didnt want to become a doctor, thats why we killed him. – Lenny Bruce

Category:
Christianity

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. – Buddha

Category:
Meditation