"Tis the hard grey weather Breeds hard English…" — Charles Kingsley
"Tis the hard grey weather Breeds hard English men."
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98 Quotes by Charles Kingsley
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Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.
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Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.
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A garden, sir, wherein all rainbows and flowers were heaped together.
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The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about…
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He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
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The loveliest fairy in the world; and her name is Mrs Do as you would bed one by.
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Make it a rule and pray to God to help you keep it . . . never, if possible, to…
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Those clouds are angels' robes.
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Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more…
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[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan…
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For science is ... like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
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[The] great fairy Science, who is likely to be queen of all the fairies for many a year to come,…
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More Breeds Quotes
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
— Henry Adams
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In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.
— William Bernbach
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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
— William Blake
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
— Aesop
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter,…
— Bono
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
— Dale Carnegie
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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so…
— George Chapman
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
— Felicity Kendal
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Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
— Abdul Kalam
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