That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
HENRY WARD BEECHERNothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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