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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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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. – Thomas Jefferson

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The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. – Thomas Jefferson

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I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely happier for it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. РMartin Andersen-Nex̦

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

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A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer. – Author Unknown

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I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. – Peter Ustinov

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