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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the… — Wystan Hugh Auden
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. — Honore de Balzac
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. — Honore de Balzac
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. — Brigitte Bardot
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. — John Barrymore
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. — Joseph Addison
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. — George Ade
Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of… — Pope Benedict XVI
Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them… — Jeff Bridges
Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are… — Rita Mae Brown
For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear… — James Buchan
The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the… — John C. Calhoun
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules. — Maria Callas
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The… — Maria Callas
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. — Kofi Annan

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