If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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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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