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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Whatever 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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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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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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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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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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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