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As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons.
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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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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We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.
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What we love to do we find time to do.
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It is difficult to be sure of our friends, but it is possible to be certain of our loyalty to them.
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What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best.
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Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.
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As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.
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In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.
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If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
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We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads.
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If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched.
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