"There are three things without which there is no country--common language, common judicature, and co-tillage land--for without these a country cannot support itself in peace and social union."

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Source : Thomas Davis (1854). “Literary and Historical Essays”, p.174

Thomas Davis

#Country Quotes #Land Quotes #Support Quotes

“Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.”
“The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.”

Source : Nel Noddings (1984). “Caring, a Feminine Approach to Ethics & Moral Education”, p.176, Univ of California Press
“Need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power.”
“If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek-the finding part is up to God.”
“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.”
“Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a stranger was his own.”

Source : Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1967). “Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789”
“For many years, my formula has been to love yourself, move your body and to watch portion size. But the No. 1 thing is to love and value yourself, no matter what you've been through.”
“Nature is not evil. The world occasionally shrugs its shoulders, and people get knocked off. The earth, for geological reasons that are well known, is a fairly risky place to live. To be evil, you have to have intent. Any remarkable natural happening in which no human will is employed cannot be regarded as evil.”

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