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No Scripture is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God's garden bloom not only double, but sevenfold; they are continually pouring forth fresh fragrance.

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Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degredation to make no effort to overcome.

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Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

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He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.

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Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

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Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which all can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day of danger when their aid may be required

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Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.

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