I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.
The Union - It is dear to us, but liberty is dearer.
God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
If the infinity of the sea may call out thus, perhaps when a man is growing old, calls come to him, too, from another infinity still darker and more deeply mysterious; and the more he is wearied by life the dearer are those calls to him.
What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.
Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.
A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.
There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people.
