Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhen a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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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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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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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.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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