Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
HENRY WARD BEECHERMen go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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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.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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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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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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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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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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