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True obedience is true freedom.

Henry Ward Beecher

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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Give Up Ourselves Rich World
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
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
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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Heaven Man Perfection Place System Talk
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Access Door Each Other Reach Right
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Aspiration Name Regret
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Government World Worst
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Beautiful Book Furniture Home
Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Best Disappointment Man Success
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Discover Finding Temptation Yourself
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Fear Push Truth Yourself
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
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Oneself Secret
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
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

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