A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

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Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

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The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

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Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

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But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

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Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

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It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

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I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

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Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings.

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