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Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.
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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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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
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One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.
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He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
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Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
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To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
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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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Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.
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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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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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Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.
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People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.
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