If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEI never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first. Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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