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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Cruelty Excitement Love Man War
Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Death Hard Intolerance
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Ability Hands Head Intelligence Labor
That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Children Expectation Live Mom Myself Obedience
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Compassionate Cure Kindness Sin
Love is the river of life in this world.
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Life Love River World
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
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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Hold Mouth Quarrel Wisdom World
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Ability Ideas Secret Success
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Love Myself Worship
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Art Common Happiness Power
We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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Angel Born Death Friendship Grave Man
The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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Deep Exploration Ourselves Soul Thinking Wonderful
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Cheating Day Eat Enjoyment Friendship Future Happiness Yourself

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