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

Henry Ward Beecher

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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Far Genius Kind Man
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Greatness Lying Right Strength Strong
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
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Ability Hands Head Intelligence Labor
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Place Road Ruin Yourself
We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Blessing Call Curse Name
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 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
To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Art Himself Man Medicine Sick
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Experience Forever Head Heart Learning Old Practice
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
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Discipline Government Liberty Man
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
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Easy Grave Hard Place World
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Choice Government Man

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

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