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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Henry Ward Beecher

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
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Greatness Lying Right Strength Strong
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Discipline Government Liberty Man
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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Burden Family Goodness Happiness Ratio Seek
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
It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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Deck Strong Test Weakness
The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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God Human Rich Soul Talk
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Difference Marriage Poor Wings
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Day Morning Time
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Blessing Cheer Gloom Shine
Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Best Disappointment Man Success
Love is the river of life in this world.
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Life Love River World
The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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Advertisement Column Community Knowledge Respect State
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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Ground Man Reach Sky Touch
Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Change Culture Education Goodness Size Sort
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Excuse Himself Man Reality
A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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Angry Dignity Evil Goodness Man
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Discover Finding Temptation Yourself
The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Blessing Day Discover Finding Heaven Iron Mercy Thankful
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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Happiness Home Memories Old Remember
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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Destroy Friction Kill Machine Man Revolution Work Worry
The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Devil Mean World
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Himself Poor Rich
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
Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Blunt Government Rule
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Best Disappoint Greatness Ourselves Success
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself

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