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To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.
Horace Mann
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Horace Mann
Age: 63 †
Born: 1796
Born: May 4
Died: 1859
Died: August 2
American Politician
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
Franklin
Massachusetts
Forgiveness
Pity
Charity
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Godlike
Compassion
Philanthropic
Human
Relieve
Humans
Philanthropy
Distress
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The object of punishment is, prevention from evil it never can be made impulsive to good.
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Even the choicest literature should be taken as the condiment, and not as the sustenance of life. It should be neither the warp nor the woof of existence, but only the flowery edging upon its borders.
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Knowledge is but an instrument, which the profligate and the flagitious may use as well as the brave and the just.
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He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise.
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Bodies are cleansed by water the mind is purified by truth.
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The most precious wine is produced upon the sides of volcanoes. Now bold and inspiring ideals are only born of a clear head that stands over a glowing heart.
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If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.
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Every event in this world is the effect of some precedent cause, and also the cause of some subsequent effect.
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