• He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

  Elizabeth Gaskell
  British writer 1810-1865
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. superfluous
2. gentility
3. towards
4. great

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He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility. by : Elizabeth Gaskell

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