People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThere 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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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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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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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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It is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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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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The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed – who cannot speak for themselves.
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
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