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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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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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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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