Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
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