If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed – who cannot speak for themselves.
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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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There is more done with pens than with swords.
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The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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