To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTrue elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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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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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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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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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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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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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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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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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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