The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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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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No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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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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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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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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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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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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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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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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