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 STOWEThe 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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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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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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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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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
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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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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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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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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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