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One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command.
Horace Mann
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Horace Mann
Age: 63 †
Born: 1796
Born: May 4
Died: 1859
Died: August 2
American Politician
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Politician
University Teacher
Franklin
Massachusetts
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Where a love of natural beauty has been cultivated, all nature becomes a stupendous gallery, as much superior in form and in coloring to the choicest collections of human art, as the heavens are broader and loftier than the Louvre or the Vatican.
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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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Great books are written for Christianity much oftener than great deeds are done for it. City libraries tell us of the reign of Jesus Christ but city streets tell us of the reign of Satan.
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The living soul of man, once conscious of its power, cannot be quelled.
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They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds.
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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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We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.
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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
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Ideality is the avant-courier of the mind.
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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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It is well to think well it is divine to act well.
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When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?
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Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.
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