Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWell married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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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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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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