Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWETrue love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love’s sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
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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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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 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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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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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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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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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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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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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
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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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