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Charles Simmons

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    Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

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    A good example is a better legacy for children than wealth or honor.

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    A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

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    A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do with acceptability and success in life.

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    Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.

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    Dare not usurp thy maker's place by giving way to wrath - wrath that goes forth in vengeance; "vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

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    Determination is power. If the prospect be dark, kindle up the fire of resolution that nothing but death can extinguish.

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    Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different minds, and their common influence upon all minds.... It is therefore high time our most valuable aphorisms and paragraphs were put in order for frequent perusal, and for handy reference, as the circumstances of life call up subjects.

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    For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

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    Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery

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    Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.

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    If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.

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    Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.

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    Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.

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    Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

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    Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

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    It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

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    It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless.

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    Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.

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    Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

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    Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

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    Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

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    Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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    Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

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    Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

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    Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.

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    Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.

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    Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

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    There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

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    The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.

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    Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.

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    True greatness consists in being great in little things.

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    Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions.

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    Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

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    When a person feels disposed to over estimate his own importance, let him remember that mankind got along very well before his birth, and that in all probability they will they will get along very well after his death.

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    When the heart is won, the understanding is easily convinced.