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The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule. ↗

— James Bovard

#before #equality #fathers #founding #founding fathers

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#expects #father #good #his #man

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#grave #heaven #lend #lent #soul

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#better #eyes #lotion #nature #see

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#approximate #characters #example #followers #imitate

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#ambition #aspired #graceful #indulgent #love

My darling father gave me some decent getaway sticks - my legs are OK. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#decent #father #gave #legs #me

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#good #hanging #many #marriage #prevents

And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death. ↗

— Amanda Coplin

#death #literature-quotes #death

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#friend #guard #must #treacherous #who