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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

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Easy Grave Hard Place World
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Day Flower Garden Happiness Home Man Smile Summer Week World
The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Beginning End Promise
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
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Book Human Nature Store
Love is the river of life in this world.
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Life Love River World
He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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Gospel Himself Public Wisdom
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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Greatness Leaves Love Tribe Universal
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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Neighbor See Yourself
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Blessing Cheer Gloom Shine
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Greatness Lying Right Strength Strong
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Discipline Government Liberty Man
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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Beat Heart Heaven Love Music Reach
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
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

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.

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