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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

Henry Ward Beecher

The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Action Bad Class Human Open Secret
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Bone Defeat Man Muscle Reason
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Heaven Man See Tear
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Flower Happiness Shine Sun Tree Wide World
In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Age Himself Man Planning Strength Thinking Time
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
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Love Myself Worship
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Hold Mouth Quarrel Wisdom World
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Cruelty Excitement Love Man War
When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Compact Man Money Sale Value
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Doctor More Sun Thinking
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Himself Poor Rich
Love is the river of life in this world.
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Life Love River World
Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
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Balance Music Parent Sentence Truth
Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Day Interest Man Night Substance Teeth

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

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