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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

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
A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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Angry Dignity Man Storm Stream Summer
Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Death Home Morning Time Vacation
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Place Road Ruin Yourself
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
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
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Born Man Page Start
“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
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
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
Some people are proud of their humility.
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Humility People Proud
Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Best Disappointment Man Success
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
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Himself Poor Rich
There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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Equality Human Mindset Power Spiritual
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Humor Person Road Spring

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