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«The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us then ten-thousand truths.»
«To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honor, while you strike him down, The foe that comes with fearless eyes; To count the life of battle good And dear the land that gave you birth, And dearer yet the brotherhood That»
«Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest»
«To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.»
Author: Euripides | Keywords: daughter, dearer
«GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.»
«Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.»
Author: Aristotle (Philosopher, Physician, Scientist) | About: Truth | Keywords: dearer, Plato
«My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my power to alter is; and were it, I'd not do so. This manner of thinking you find fault with is my sole consolation in life; it alleviates all my sufferings in prison, it composes all my pleasures in the world outside, it is dearer to me than life itself. Not my manner of thinking but the manner of thinking of others has been the source of my unhappiness.»
«No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.»
«If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education»
«The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself»