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The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.
Sarah Josepha Hale
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Sarah Josepha Hale
Age: 90 †
Born: 1788
Born: October 24
Died: 1879
Died: April 30
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Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
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Sarah J. Hale
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Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.
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Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.
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And you each gentle animal In confidence may bind, And make them follow at your call, If you are always kind.
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There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.
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A blessing on the printer's art!-- Books are the mentors of the heart.
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Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.
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Riches are always over estimated the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.
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Hail, Holy Day! the blessing from above Brightens thy presence like a smile of love, Smoothing, like oil upon a stormy sea, The roughest waves of human destiny Cheering the good, and to the poor oppress'd Bearing the promise of their heavenly rest.
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Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price.
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It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.
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... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.
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A man is never more satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.
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What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.
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There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.
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This is a speculating and selfish age and to think 'money will answer all things,' is too much the characteristic of Americans.
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