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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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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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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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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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