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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

Henry Ward Beecher

Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Death Hard Intolerance
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Deserve Gratitude Humble Mindset Pride Thankful Thinking
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Excuse Himself Man Reality
He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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Gospel Himself Public Wisdom
The things that hurt us teach us.
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Hurt Ourselves Teaching Thing
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Children Heart Mom Room School
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Difference Marriage Poor Wings
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
The dog is the god of frolic.
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Dog God One Liner
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Book Growth Honor Library
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Destroy Friction Kill Machine Man Revolution Work Worry
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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Blessing Drive Temptation Time Work
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Elegant Simplicity True
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Afraid Defeat Goodness Reason Victory

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