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Never be grandiloquent when you want to drive home a searching truth. Don't whip with a switch that has the leaves on, if you want it to tingle.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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God never made anything else so beautiful as man.
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The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.
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Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.
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The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person to be.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
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Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.
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No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup put to every lip. Breathing is like ethereal drinking. It is a luxury simply to exist.
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