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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

Henry Ward Beecher

Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Doctor More Sun Thinking
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Fall Sight Slip Yourself
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
See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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Each Other Feeling Life Pure True Yourself
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Excuse Himself Man Reality
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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Himself Life Man Obligation Representation
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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Flower Happiness Shine Sun Tree Wide World
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Better Honesty Man Myself Purpose School Sin
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Oneself Secret
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Generosity Lost Myself
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
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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Blessing Drive Temptation Time Work
Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Hard Master Yourself
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Elegant Simplicity True

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

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