By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEOf course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
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One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people’s alone.
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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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Treat ’em like dogs, and you’ll have dogs’ works and dogs’ actions. Treat ’em like men, and you’ll have men’s works.
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