Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTo do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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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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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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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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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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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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