The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAs warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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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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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Love is the river of life in this world.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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