Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

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"You can always tell a real friend: When you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job."

- Laurence J. Peter

Relationships

"Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience."

- Laurence J. Peter

Adversity

"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."

- Laurence J. Peter

Forgiveness

"The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep."

- Laurence J. Peter

Reflection

"Speak when you are angry, and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret."

- Laurence J. Peter

Wisdom

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

Philosophy

"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

Philosophy

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

Philosophy

"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

Philosophy