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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.

Henry Ward Beecher

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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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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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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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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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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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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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