A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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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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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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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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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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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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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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