Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLaws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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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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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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