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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. – Plato

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A mother who is really a mother is never free. – Honore de Balzac

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We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? – Ellen Goodman

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How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his childs board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. – Voltaire

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My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers – this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawfords wire hangers look like pool noodles. – Sloane Crosley

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