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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Access Door Each Other Reach Right
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Oneself Secret
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Faith Imagination Spiritual
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Place Road Ruin Yourself
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Blessing Finding Heart Heaven Thankful
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Humor Person Road Spring
As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Away Beginning Grief Open Pass Stream Trickle
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Bad Darkness Failure Goodness Light Noble Oneself Quality
Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Change Culture Education Goodness Size Sort
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Children Family Love Parents
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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Cheer Eat Enjoyment Friendship God
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Egg Herself Man Rich

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