“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”
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The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
