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All Quotes by author - Edwin Hubbel Chapin

" An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven. "

" A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star. "

" At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. "

" Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. "

" Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. "

" Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. "

" Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. "

" Neutral men are the devil's allies. "

" Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. "

" No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. "

" Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. "

" Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. "

" Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. "

" Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies. "

" Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman. "

" Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith. "

" The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. "

" The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it. "

" The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. "

" The essence of justice is mercy. "

" This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. "

" Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order. "

" Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical. "

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