You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe dog is the god of frolic.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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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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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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