Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhere is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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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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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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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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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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