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"One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom another's folly."
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
"Truth is beautiful, without a doubt. But so are lies."
"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded."
"The definition of success--To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition.; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived--this is to have succeeded."
"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us."
"We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty."
"Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful."
"It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."