It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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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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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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