The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.
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But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms.
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It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is, when tomorrows burden is added to the burden of today, that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this it is your own doing, not Gods. He begs you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present.
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Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
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It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
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