Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

Quote by Horace Mann

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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may...

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like room without windows.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity