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In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.

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
Happiness
Principle
Future
Blind
Speak
General
Inspirational
Color
Subdued
Good
Personal
Sacrificed
Never
Principles
Obedience
Present
Impulse
Talk
Vain

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