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Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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Catholic Priest
Lebanon
Kentucky
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The teacher does best, not when he explains, but when he impels his pupils to seek themselves the explanation.
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The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
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Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.
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A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.
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When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.
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If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.
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