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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

Henry Ward Beecher

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Beat Heart Heaven Love Music Reach
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Fall Sight Slip Yourself
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Discipline Government Liberty Man
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 real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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Democracy Ideas Level Liberty Man Reality
Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Man Sincere Sorrow
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
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
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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Bad Complain Early Hard Work Honesty Luck Rise
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
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Doctor More Sun Thinking
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
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Action Bad Class Human Open Secret
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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Cheer Eat Enjoyment Friendship God
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Beautiful Book Furniture Home

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