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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.

Henry Ward Beecher

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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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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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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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