The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEPeople 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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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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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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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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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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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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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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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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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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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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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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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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