American - Clergyman | 1814 - 1880
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.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
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No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
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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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The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
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This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
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Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.
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Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
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The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.
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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.
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Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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