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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWETreat ’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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There are griefs which grow with years.
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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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Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
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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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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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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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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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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.
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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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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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