There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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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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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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 mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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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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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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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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