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At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.

— John Heyl Vincent Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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To live a godly life is the best way to light up a lesson that the teacher can possibly employ.

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We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class, or to display his own genius.

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