Quote by Thomas Jefferson
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impr

A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. – Thomas Jefferson

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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. – Thomas Jefferson

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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. – Thomas Jefferson

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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson

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He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. – English Proverb

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Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests. – Author Unknown

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Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half – especially if he has a teenage daughter. – Guy Lombardo

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A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. – Author Unknown

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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo DaVinci

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For the night shows stars and women in a better light. – Lord Byron, Don Juan

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The power of the mind is your power. Use it. Don’t let it use you. – Terri Guillemets [Wow! Years after writing this, I stumbled onto this from Osho:

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The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power. – James Bovard

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