The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEWhat makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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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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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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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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It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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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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There is more done with pens than with swords.
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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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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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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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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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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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