To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

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...

Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be...

Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be...