Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
HENRY WARD BEECHERDebt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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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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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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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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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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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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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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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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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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The things that hurt us teach us.
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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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