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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
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
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?
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Afraid Death Heroic Inspirational Loud Motivational Noble Patriotism Society Talk
Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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Fatal Himself Interest Man Roll
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Neighbor See Yourself
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Library Life Necessary Oneself
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
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
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Bury Fair Fault Friendship Grave Himself Man Mistake
Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Form God Ideal Man Representation Simplicity
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Day Flower Garden Happiness Home Man Smile Summer Week World
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
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Fall Sight Slip Yourself
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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Adversity Atmosphere Benefit Purify Reason Reflection Storm Time
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Easy Grave Hard Place World
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Discover Finding Temptation Yourself

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