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 STOWEAll men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
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It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
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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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Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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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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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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Treat ’em like dogs, and you’ll have dogs’ works and dogs’ actions. Treat ’em like men, and you’ll have men’s works.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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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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