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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

Henry Ward Beecher

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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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Character Form Man People Reality Shadow Substance
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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Book Growth Honor Library
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Himself Poor Rich
Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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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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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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Dangerous Errors Fake Leadership Mistake Path Quite True
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Best Disappoint Greatness Ourselves Success
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Greatness Lying Right Strength Strong
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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Adversity Defeat Right Sweet Victory Yourself
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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Battery Destruction Law Outside Protection
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Flower Happiness Shine Sun Tree Wide World

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