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Charles Spurgeon Quote

“If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.”

— Charles Spurgeon

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It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

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Happiness

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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

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Education

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Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

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Wisdom

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Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

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Courage

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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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Truth

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A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

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Love

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