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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.

Henry Ward Beecher

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Doctor More Sun Thinking
A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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Angry Dignity Evil Goodness Man
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Angry Dignity Man Storm Stream Summer
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Ability Hands Head Intelligence Labor
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Betterment Culture Help Social True Work
Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Bad Goodness Influence
Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Faith Imagination Spiritual
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Institution Law Time True Wound
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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Adversity Atmosphere Benefit Purify Reason Reflection Storm Time
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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Artist Nature Paint Photograph Picture Soul
It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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Deck Strong Test Weakness
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Best Disappoint Greatness Ourselves Success
We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Blessing Call Curse Name
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Action Bad Class Human Open Secret

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