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Education will not come of itself it will never come unless you seek it it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Sophistry is the fallacy of argument.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
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Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer.
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Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of earnest men, the conflict of realities, invigorate, cleanse, and establish the truth.
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