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Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.
Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.
The family is the school of duties... founded on love.
The family is the school of duties... founded on love.
It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house!
alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy read more
It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house!
alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one."
[Lat., Odiosum est enim, cum a praetereuntibus dicatur:--O domus
antiqua, heu, quam dispari dominare domino.]
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
A farmer's market is worth more than
everything I've written.
A farmer's market is worth more than
everything I've written.
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most read more
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
