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- Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At… — Mark Twain
- The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to… — William Bartram
- One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man… — Takeda Shingen
- In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd… — Randolph Bourne
- If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall… — Laozi
- There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them;… — Confucius
- Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand! — Walter Scott
- The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental… — Charles Darwin
- ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . . — Ambrose Bierce
- When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there… — Laozi
- A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders. — Confucius
- Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could… — Charlotte Bronte