A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAs 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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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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