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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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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There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson

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A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. – Author Unknown

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How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards. – John Gay

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

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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. – Portuguese Proverb

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