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Debt 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.

Henry Ward Beecher

He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Gospel Himself Public Wisdom
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Deserve Gratitude Humble Mindset Pride Thankful Thinking
Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Blunt Government Rule
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Government World Worst
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Fear Push Truth Yourself
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Better Honesty Man Myself Purpose School Sin
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Correct Fact Man Mistake
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Cleaning Close Cloud Earth Instrument Purify Sorrow Storm
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Oneself Secret
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Excuse Home Religion Spread
God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

God Night Plant Sleep
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Better Fashion God Tools Trouble
There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Equality Human Mindset Power Spiritual
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
The dog is the god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Dog God One Liner

Debt 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.

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