Some people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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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.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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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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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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