Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.Henry Ward Beecher
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Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the oil.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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