Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf 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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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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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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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