The beginning is the promise of the end.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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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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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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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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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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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Some people are proud of their humility.
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