It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
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Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.Henry Ward Beecher
Sink the Bible to the bottom of the sea, and man's obligation to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone he would have the same voyage to make, only his compass and chart would be overboard.
Henry Ward Beecher
The dog is the god of frolic.
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Suffering is part of the divine idea.
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A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden, swinging perfume from every little censer it holds up to the air
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To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting upon luxurious chairs and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind
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