Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit, and urge us to new and unattempted performances.
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Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
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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.
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Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.
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The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
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