Some people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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