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Life is full of amusement to an amusing man.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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Litchfield (town)
Connecticut
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Men
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Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.
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Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Fear secretes acids but love and trust are sweet juices.
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This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and saws and files and rasps and sandpapers. The perfect instrument and the music will be hereafter.
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A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.
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