Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIf you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
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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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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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Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.
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Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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