The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLaws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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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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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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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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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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