The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWELet us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people’s alone.
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The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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A woman’s health is her capital.
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I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people’s glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
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It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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