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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent o

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. – Cicero

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Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. – E.P. Powell

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The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. – H.U. Westermayer

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The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any huge meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it and then chopping and cooking and braising and blanching. Then it takes 20 minutes to eat it and everybody sort of sits around in a food coma, and then it takes four hours to clean it up. – Ted Allen

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On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment — halftime. – Author Unknown

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