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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.

Henry Ward Beecher

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
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Dangerous Ignorance People
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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Government Himself Mindset Principle Reading Symbol Thinking
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
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
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Institution Law Time True Wound
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 person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Humor Person Road Spring
It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Better Easy Hill Top View
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
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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Angry Dignity Man Storm Stream Summer
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Blessing Finding Heart Heaven Thankful
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Day Morning Time
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Aspiration Name Regret
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Fall Sight Slip Yourself
True obedience is true freedom.
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Freedom Obedience One Liner True

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