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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Henry Ward Beecher

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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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Blossom Example Influence Person
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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Deck Strong Test Weakness
The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Beginning End Promise
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Forget Forgiveness Myself Way
If 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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Far Genius Kind Man
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Children Friendship Love Parents
The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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Battery Destruction Law Outside Protection
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Fall Sight Slip Yourself
God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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Library Man Paint Portrait
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Choice Government Man
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Egg Herself Man Rich
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Church Education Exhibition Gallery Imperfection Oneself
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Institution Law Time True Wound
Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Humble Man Proud Walk Yourself
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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Excellence Judgment People Point Start Travel
It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Character Nature Saint Sin

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