Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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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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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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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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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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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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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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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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O, ye who visit the distressed, do ye know that everything your money can buy, given with a cold, averted face, is not worth one honest tear shed in real sympathy?
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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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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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