A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by Horace Mann

4 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.— filed under Action
I have never heard any thing about the resolutions of the disciples, but a great deal about the Acts of the Apostles.— filed under Action
Be ashamed to die until you have gained some victory for humanity. -— filed under Christian Service
In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors. -— filed under Happiness
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