"Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family."

Family, Men, Women, Civilization

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"Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

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"Like all feelings felt for oneself, Mrs. Ramsay thought, it made one sad. It was so inadequate, what one could give in return; and what Rose felt was quite out of proportion to anything she actually was."

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"You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters."

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"Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors."

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