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

Henry Ward Beecher

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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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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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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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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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