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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Egg Herself Man Rich
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Born Man Page Start
Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Equality Home Joy Tropical
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
It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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Deck Strong Test Weakness
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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Blessing Day Discover Finding Heaven Iron Mercy Thankful
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Catch Children Consistent Prediction Yourself
When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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Heaven Man Perfection Place System Talk
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Elegant Simplicity True
Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Death Home Morning Time Vacation
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Neighbor See Yourself
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 and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Institution Law Time True Wound
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Bone Defeat Man Muscle Reason
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

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