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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

Henry Ward Beecher

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Oneself Secret
There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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Born Development Discipline Live Man Nature
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Elegant Simplicity True
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Beautiful Book Furniture Home
The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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Democracy Ideas Level Liberty Man Reality
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Afraid Defeat Goodness Reason Victory
We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Forever God Literature Point
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
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Blessing Finding Heart Heaven Thankful
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
Love is the river of life in this world.
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Life Love River World
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Destroy Friction Kill Machine Man Revolution Work Worry
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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Excellence Judgment People Point Start Travel
Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Character End Happiness Life
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul

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