Joseph Cook Quotes
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The sense of duty pursues us ever.
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We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties.
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It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.
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Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
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We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity.
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It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.
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Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.
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Only the home can found a state.
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A monarchy is like a man-of-war - bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.
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We must judge religious movements, not by the men who make them, but by the men they make.