Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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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.Henry Ward Beecher
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
Henry Ward Beecher
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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