Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's...

Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our...

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our...

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last...

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last...

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...