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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

Henry Ward Beecher

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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
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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Law Time Work
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Himself Poor Rich
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Discover Finding Temptation Yourself
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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Alone Earth God Majority Man Population Right Side
Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Character End Happiness Life
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Aspiration Name Regret
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Experience Forever Head Heart Learning Old Practice
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
It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Better Easy Hill Top View
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Excuse Hold Responsibility Standard Yourself
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Form God Ideal Man Representation Simplicity
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
Some people are proud of their humility.
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Humility People Proud
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Bury Fair Fault Friendship Grave Himself Man Mistake
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Government World Worst
It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Character Nature Saint Sin
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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Gospel Himself Public Wisdom
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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Happiness Home Memories Old Remember
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Ability Ideas Secret Success
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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Friendship Ideas Love Severe Truth Word
The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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God Human Rich Soul Talk
Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Death Hard Intolerance
To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Doubt Goodness Himself Industry Work
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Children Family Love Parents

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