The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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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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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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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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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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