Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
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Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.Augustus Hare
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
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As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.
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A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
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Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
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