George Washington Quotes

Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.

George Washington

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• Black
• Sin
• Stranger
• Breasts
• Ingratitude

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• Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.

  

  George Washington
  • Soul
  • Black
  • Sin