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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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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Discover Finding Temptation Yourself
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Discipline Government Liberty Man
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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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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Bad Darkness Failure Goodness Light Noble Oneself Quality
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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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Betterment Culture Help Social True Work
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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Man Nature Necessary Practice Profession Study Success
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Excuse Hold Responsibility Standard Yourself
Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Bad Goodness Influence
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Arrogant Exclusive Greatness Nature
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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Age Himself Man Planning Strength Thinking Time
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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Greatness Leaves Love Tribe Universal
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Book Growth Honor Library
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Away Beginning Grief Open Pass Stream Trickle
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Better Fashion God Tools Trouble
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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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Cage Inspirational Potential Worth Yourself
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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Artist Nature Paint Photograph Picture Soul

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