Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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