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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.

Henry Ward Beecher

It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Aspiration Name Regret
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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Book Growth Honor Library
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Heaven Man See Tear
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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Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Blunt Government Rule
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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Fatal Himself Interest Man Roll
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
Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Change Culture Education Goodness Size Sort
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
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Excuse Himself Man Reality
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
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
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Difference Oneself Perseverance Strong Willing

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