There are griefs which grow with years.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIt lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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There is more done with pens than with swords.
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By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
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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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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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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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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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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
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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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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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