Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. – Charles Lamb, 1821

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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. – William Jennings Bryan

None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. – Johnny Carson

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness. – Robert Casper Lintner

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