The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIt isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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A woman’s health is her capital.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
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There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
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Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
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Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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There is more done with pens than with swords.
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If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
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The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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