Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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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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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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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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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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