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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.

Henry Ward Beecher

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Oneself Secret
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Doctor More Sun Thinking
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
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
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Flower Happiness Shine Sun Tree Wide World
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Equality Man People Sex Silence Smile Talk Woman
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Bad Complain Early Hard Work Honesty Luck Rise
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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Anxiety Choice Faith Future Handle Hold
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
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Forget Forgiveness Myself Way
Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
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Balance Music Parent Sentence Truth
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Fear Push Truth Yourself
The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Devil Mean World
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Better Fashion God Tools Trouble
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself

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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