Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEMany 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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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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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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There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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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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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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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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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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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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There are griefs which grow with years.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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