Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
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Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.
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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
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It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
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