Original: Amate e siate sempre grati a vostra madre. Nonostante i suoi errori, pregi o difetti, vi ha concesso il dono più importante, straordinario e irripetibile che possa mai esistere: la vita.
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Original: (it) Il miglior evento che possa accadere nella tua vita è far innamorare una persona dei tuoi pregi.. e soprattutto dei tuoi difetti, che rendono unica la tua esistenza.
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Part I, Essay 16: The Stoic
Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741-2; 1748)
Context: If nature has been frugal in her gifts and endowments, there is the more need of art to supply her defects. If she has been generous and liberal, know that she still expects industry and application on our part, and revenges herself in proportion to our negligent ingratitude. The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for the pleasure and use of man, produces, to its slothful owner, the most abundant crop of poisons.
Variant: You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break — her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“You know how I know she's your most important person? You pick her every time.”
Source: P.S. I Still Love You
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
Attributed to Reverend Theodore Hesburgh in Sol Gordon Let's Make Sex a Household Word: A Guide for Parents and Children (John Day Company, 1975), p. 79
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