When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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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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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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