I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIntemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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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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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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Let 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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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love’s sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.
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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first. Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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