The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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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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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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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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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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