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!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEI make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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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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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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It is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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