There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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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 worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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