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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We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

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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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To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

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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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We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

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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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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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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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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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