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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

Henry Ward Beecher

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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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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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Compact Man Money Sale Value
I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Correct Fact Man Mistake
When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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Heaven Man Perfection Place System Talk
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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Easy Grave Hard Place World
We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Government World Worst
Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Man Sincere Sorrow
We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Fear God Pilot Ship
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Instant Regret Requirement Time
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.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Equality Man People Sex Silence Smile Talk Woman
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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Gospel Himself Public Wisdom
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Humor Person Road Spring
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Art Himself Man Medicine Sick
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Dangerous Ignorance People

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