Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
HENRY WARD BEECHERPeople may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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