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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.

Henry Ward Beecher

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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Hold Mouth Quarrel Wisdom World
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Children Heart Mom Room School
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Better Fashion God Tools Trouble
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
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
Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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Afraid Death Heroic Inspirational Loud Motivational Noble Patriotism Society Talk
“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
True obedience is true freedom.
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Freedom Obedience One Liner True
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
Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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Fatal Himself Interest Man Roll
The dog is the god of frolic.
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Dog God One Liner
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Foundation Man Moral Remember Young
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Coffee Good Offering Smell
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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Cheating Day Eat Enjoyment Friendship Future Happiness Yourself
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Blessing Cheer Gloom Shine
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Access Door Each Other Reach Right

Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.

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