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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.

Henry Ward Beecher

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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Far Genius Kind Man
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Oneself Secret
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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Blossom Example Influence Person
It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Better Easy Hill Top View
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Action Bad Class Human Open Secret
In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Age Himself Man Planning Strength Thinking Time
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Bury Fair Fault Friendship Grave Himself Man Mistake
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
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
No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Emotion Form Retainment Wave
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
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
Love is the river of life in this world.
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Life Love River World
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Coffee Good Offering Smell
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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Ground Man Reach Sky Touch
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Greatness Leaves Love Tribe Universal

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