Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, 'I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction'.
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you God only can do that but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.
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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
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High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
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Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another -- too often ending in the loss of both.
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The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
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Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety.
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Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety.
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Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?
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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws -- a thing which can never be demonstrated.
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Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
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To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
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Never be so brief as to become obscure.
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Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
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Thoughts lead on to purposes purposes go forth in action actions form habits habits decide character and character fixes our destiny.
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To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
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He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
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To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
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He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
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Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain
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If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.
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Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
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The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.
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Between two evils, choose neither between two goods, choose both.
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