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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWELove is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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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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My vocation to preach on paper.
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It is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
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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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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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O, ye who visit the distressed, do ye know that everything your money can buy, given with a cold, averted face, is not worth one honest tear shed in real sympathy?
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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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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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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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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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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people’s glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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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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One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people’s alone.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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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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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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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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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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