"Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it."

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Source : Osbert Lancaster (1963). “All done from memory”, John Murray

Osbert Lancaster

#Luck Quotes #Four Quotes #Inbreeding Quotes

“Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.”
“True love's the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.”

Source : Sir Walter Scott (1833). “The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations”, p.345
“I really like the bohemian look, and I'm a great fan of mixing vintage and modern.”

Source : "My Style: Kierston Wareing". Interview with James Sherwood, www.independent.co.uk. August 30, 2008.
“You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I probably did too much thinking in India. I blame it on the roads, for they were superb...”
“Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.”
“Business leaders must not cling to old ways of doing business, or allow inertia or complacency to prevent them from making the decisions that they will eventually be forced to make.”
“The Bread that we need each day to grow in eternal life, makes of our will a docile instrument of the Divine Will; sets the Kingdom of God within us; gives us pure lips, and a pure heart with which to glorify his holy name”

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