So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEMany a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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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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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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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
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What 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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It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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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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